Manipulation of genes of the mevalonate and isoprenoid pathways to create novel traits in transgenic organisms

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are the uses of specific genes of the mevalonate and isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways, and of inactive gene sites (the pseudogene) to (1) enhance biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, dimethylallyl diphosphate and isoprenoid pathway derived products in the plastids of transgenic plants and microalgae, (2) create novel antibiotic resistant transgenic plants and microalgae, and (3) create a novel selection system and/or targeting sites for mediating the insertion of genetic material into plant and microalgae plastids. The specific polynucleotides to be used, solely or in any combination thereof, are publicly available from GeneBank and contain open reading frames having sequences that upon expression will produce active proteins with the following enzyme activities: (a) acetoacetyl CoA thiolase (EC 2.3.1.9), (b) 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) synthase (EC 4.1.3.5), (c) HMG-CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34), (d) mevalonate kinase (EC 2.7.1.36), (e) phosphomevalonate kinase (EC 2.7.4.2), (f) mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.33), (g) isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) isomerase (EC 5.3.3.2), and (h) phytoene synthase (EC 2.5.1.32).

CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application is a divisional application of co-pending application U.S. Ser. No. 09/918,740, filed Jul. 31, 2001 and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application U.S. S No. 60/221,703, filed Jul. 31, 2000, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention relates to the fields of biotechnology and genetic engineering, in particular to agricultural and aquacultural biotechnology. More specifically, the invention relates to transgenic plants and microalgae, in particular to transplastomic plants and microalgae and means for insertion of genetic material into plastids.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The ubiquitous isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway is responsible for the formation of the most chemically diverse family of metabolites found in nature (Hahn et al., J. Bacteriol. 178:619-624,1996) including sterols (Popjak, Biochemical symposium no. 29 (T. W. Goodwin, ed.) Academic Press, New York, pp 17-37, 1970), carotenoids (Goodwin, Biochem. J. 123:293-329, 1971), dolichols (Matsuoka et al., J. Biol. Chem. 266:3464-3468, 1991), ubiquinones (Ashby and Edwards, J. Biol. Chem. 265:13157-13164, 1990), and prenylated proteins (Clarke, Annu. Rev. Biochem. 61:355-386, 1992). Biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), the essential 5-carbon isoprenoid precursor, occurs by two distinct compartmentalized routes in plants (Lange and Croteau, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:13714-13719, 1999). In the plant cytoplasm, IPP is assembled from three molecules of acetyl coenzyme A by the well-characterized mevalonate pathway (Lange and Croteau, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:13714-13719, 1999). However, a recently discovered mevalonate-independent pathway is responsible for the synthesis of IPP in plant chloroplasts (Lichtenthaler et al. FEBS Letters 400:271-274, 1997).

[0004] Following the synthesis of IPP via the mevalonate route, the carbon-carbon double bond must be isomerized to create the potent electrophile dimethylally diphosphate (DMAPP). This essential activation step, carried out by IPP isomerase, insures the existence of the two 5-carbon isomers, IPP and DMAPP, which must join together in the first of a series of head to tail condensation reactions to create the essential allylic diphosphates of the isoprenoid pathway (Hahn and Poulter, J. Biol. Chem. 270:11298-11303, 1995). Recently, it was reported that IPP isomerase activity was not essential in E. coli, one of many eubacteria containing only the non-mevalonate pathway for the synthesis of both 5-carbon isomers, suggesting the existence of two separate mevalonate-independent routes to IPP and DMAPP (Hahn et al., J. Bacteriol. 181:4499-4504, 1999). Thus, it is unclear whether an IPP isomerase is essential for the synthesis of isoprenoids in plant plastids as well. Regardless of whether IPP isomerase activity is present in plant plastids, the separation by compartmentalization of the two different biosynthetic routes, the mevalonate and deoxyxylulose phosphate pathways (or “non-mevalonate”), for IPP and DMAPP biosynthesis in plants is the fundamental tenet upon which the subject inventions are based.

[0005] The synthesis of IPP by the mevalonate pathway (Eisenreich et al., Chemistry and Biology 5:R221-R233, 1998) is cytoplasm based and occurs as follows: The condensation of two acetyl CoA molecules to yield acetoacetyl CoA is catalyzed by acetoacetyl CoA thiolase (EC 2.3.1.9). The addition of another molecule of acetyl CoA to acetoacetyl CoA is catalyzed by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) synthase (EC 4.1.3.5) to yield HMG-CoA, which is reduced in the subsequent step to mevalonate by HMG-CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34). Mevalonate is phosphorylated by mevalonate kinase (EC 2.7.1.36) to yield phosphomevalonate, which is phosphorylated, by phosphomevalonate kinase (EC 2.7.4.2) to form mevalonate diphosphate. The conversion of mevalonate diphosphate to IPP with the concomitant release of CO2 is catalyzed by mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.33).

[0006] In organisms utilizing the deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway (aka “non-mevalonate pathway”, “methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway”, and “Rohmer pathway”), the five carbon atoms in the basic isoprenoid unit are derived from pyruvate and D-glyceraldehyde phosphate (GAP) (Eisenreich et al., 1998). Thus, synthesis of IPP and/or DMAPP by the non-mevalonate route, which occurs in plastids, is as follows: Pyruvate and GAP are condensed to give 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) by DXP synthase (Sprenger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:12857-12862, 1997). The rearrangement and reduction of DXP to form 2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP), the first committed intermediate in the non-mevalonate pathway for biosynthesis of isoprenoids is catalyzed by DXP reductoisomerase (Kuzuyama et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 39:4509-4512,1998). MEP is then appended to CTP to form 4-(cytidine 5′-diphospho)-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol (Rohdich et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:11758-11763, 1999), followed by phosphorylation of the C2 hydroxyl group (Luittgen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97:1062-1067, 2000) and elimination of CMP, to form a 2,4-cyclic diphosphate (Herz et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA97:2486-2490, 2000). Interestingly, Herz et al. reported the possible existence of bifunctional proteins with both YgbP and YgbB activities. Once the remaining steps to the fundamental five-carbon isoprenoid building blocks, IPP and DMAPP, in the non-mevalonate pathway are discovered, they will serve as additional targets for inhibitors with antiobiotic and herbicidal activity.

[0007] Since the non-mevalonate pathway is ultimately responsible for the biosynthesis of compounds critical for photosynthesis such as the prenyl side-chain of chlorophylls, which serve as lipophillic anchors for the photoreceptors and the photoprotective carotenoid pigments, any enzyme, gene, or regulatory sequence involved in the biosynthesis of IPP and/or DMAPP can be a potential target for herbicides. For example, the antibiotic fosmidomycin, a specific inhibitor of the enzyme DXP reductoisomerase (Kuzuyama et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 39:7913-7916, 1998) has been shown to have significant herbicidal activity, especially in combination with other herbicides (Kamuro et al. “Herbicide” U.S. Pat. No. 4,846,872; issued Jul. 11, 1989). The report of an Arabidopsis thaliana albino mutant being characterized as a disruption of the CLA1 gene, later revealed as encoding DXP synthase by Rohmer et al. (Lois et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:2105-2110, 1998), also illustrates the potential of non-mevalonate pathway enzymes as targets for compounds with herbicidal activity. Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that as additional compounds are discovered exhibiting herbicidal activity based on their effects on the non-mevalonate pathway, those compounds could be used in accord with the teachings herein.

[0008] The synthesis of carotenoids from IPP and DMAPP takes place in plant plastids by a genetically- and enzymatically-defined pathway (Cunningham and Gantt, Ann. Rev. Plant Mol. Biol. 39:475-502, 1998). Enhanced production of carotenoids such as lycopene and 13-carotene in plants is highly desirable due to the reported health benefits of their consumption (Kajiwara et al., Biochem. J. 324:421-426, 1997). Enhanced carotenoid production in plants can also have a dramatic effect on their coloration and be highly desirable to the growers of ornamentals, for example. The IPP isomerase reaction is considered to be a rate-limiting step for isoprenoid biosynthesis (Ramos-Valdivia et aL, Nat. Prod. Rep. 6:591-603, 1997). Kajiwara et al. reported that the expression of heterologous IPP isomerase genes in a strain of E. coli specifically engineered to produce carotenoids resulted in over a 2-fold increase in B-carotene formation. Recently, it has been reported that expression of an additional gene for DXP synthase in an E. coli strain specifically engineered to produce carotenoids also increased the level of lycopene substantially (Harker and Bramley, FEBS Letters 448:115-119, 1999). Increased isoprenoid production also has been shown in bacteria by combining carotenogenic genes from bacteria with an orf encoding IPP isomerase; and was even further enhanced when additionally combined with the dxs gene from the MEP pathway to supply the precursors IPP and DMAPP (Albrecht et al. Nature Biotechnology 18: 843-846, 2000).

[0009] Accumulation of one specific isoprenoid, such as beta-carotene (yellow-orange) or astaxanthin (red-orange), can serve to enhance flower color or nutriceutical composition depending if the host is cultivated as an ornamental or as an output crop; and if the product accumulates in the tissue of interest (i.e. flower parts or harvestable tissue). In plants, tissue with intrinsic carotenoid enzymes can accumulate ketocarotenoids such as astaxanthin in chromoplasts of reproductive tissues of tobacco by addition of the biosynthetic enzyme beta-carotene ketolase (Mann et al., Nature Biotechnology 18: 888-892,2000). Astaxanthin is the main carotenoid pigment found in aquatic animals; in microalgae it accumulates in the Chlorophyta such as in species of Haematococcus and Chlamydomonas. Thus, an increase in the essential 5-carbon precursors, IPP and DMAPP, by expression of orfs encoding IPP isomerase and orfs upstream thereof, can feed into the production output of such valuable isoprenoids in organisms other than bacteria.

[0010] As a further example of utility, Petunia flower color is usually due to the presence of modified cyanidin and delphinidin anthocyanin pigments to produce shades in red to blue groupings. Recently produced yellow seed-propagated multiflora and grandiflora petunias obtain their coloration from the presence of beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin carotenoid pigments in combination with colorless flavonols (Nielsen and Bloor, Scienia Hort. 71: 257-266, 1997). Industry still lacks bright yellow and orange clonally propagated trailing petunias. Metabolic engineering of the carotenoid pathway is desired to introduce these colors in this popular potted and bedding plant.

[0011] Plant genetic engineering has evolved since the 1980s from arbitrarily located monocistronic insertions into a nuclear chromosome, often subject to multiple copies, rearrangements and methylation, to predetermined sites for defined multicistronic or multigenic operon insertions into a plastid chromosome (plastome), which thus far is thought impervious to typical nuclear gene inactivation. While breeding of crop plants by nuclear genome engineering is nevertheless a proven technology for major agronomic crops and for traits such as herbicide resistance, introgression of genes into the plastome is a highly promising breeding approach for several reasons as described by Bock and Hagemann (Bock and Hagemann, Prog. Bot. 61:76-90,2000). Of note is the containment of transgenes in the transplastomic plant: Plastids are inherited through the maternal parent in most plant species and thus plastid-encoded transgenes are unable to spread in pollen to non-target species. Therefore plastid engineering can minimize negative impacts of genetically engineered plants. A report on potential transfer by pollen of herbicide resistance into weedy relatives of cultivated crops (Keeler et al., Herbicide Resistant Crops: Agricultural, Economic, Environmental, Regulatory and Technological Aspects, pp. 303-330, 1996) underscores the value of using plastid engineering rather than nuclear engineering for critical production traits such as herbicide resistance. Daniell et al. have recently demonstrated herbicide resistance through genetic engineering of the chloroplast genome (Daniell et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 16:345-348, 1998).

[0012] Moreover, plastids are the site of essential biosynthetic activity. Although most associate photosynthesis as the primary function of the chloroplast, studies document that the chloroplast is the center of activity for functions involving carbon metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, sulfur metabolism, biochemical regulation, and various essential biosynthetic pathways including amino acid, vitamin, and phytohormone biosynthesis. Crop traits of interest such as nutritional enhancement require genetic manipulations that impact plastid biosynthetic pathways such as carotenoid production. While nuclear-encoded gene products can be exported from the engineered nucleus into the plastid for such manipulations, the biosynthetic genes themselves can be inserted into the plastid for expression and activity. As we begin to pyramid multiple genes often required for pathway manipulations (such as the aforementioned carotenoid biosynthesis) the repeated use of selection markers is expected to lead to unstable crops through homology-dependent gene silencing (Meyer and Saedler, Ann. Rev. Plant. Physiol. Mol. Biol. 47:23-48, 1996). In addition, the requirement for higher expression levels of transgenes for effective phenotypes such as vitamin levels and herbicide and pest resistance levels often falls short in nuclear transformations. These deficiencies are overcome through plastid transformation or combining plastid with nuclear transformations: The plastid recognizes strings of genes linked together in multicistronic operons and, due to the high copy number of genes within a plastid and within plastids in a cell, can produce a hundred- to thousand-fold the amount of transgene product. Accordingly, there is a continuing need for improved methods of producing plants having transformed plastids (transplastomic plants).

[0013] Golden rice is one example for which plastid engineering can complement nuclear engineering of pathways that reside in the plastid, yet have met with limited success. The metabolic pathway for beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A) was assembled in rice plastids by introduction into the nuclear genome of four separate genes, three encoding plastid-targeted proteins using three distinct promoters, plus a fourth selectable marker gene using a repeated promoter (Ye et al. Science 287:303-305, 2000). The wild-type rice endosperm is free of carotenoids but it does produce geranylgeranyl diphosphate; combining phytoene synthase, phytoene desaturase, and lycopene-beta cyclase resulted in accumulation of beta-carotene to make “golden rice”. However, the quantity produced was lower than the minimum desired for addressing vitamin A deficiency. An increased supply of precursors for increasing intermediates, such as geranylgeranyl diphosphate, is predicted to significantly increase isoprenoid production. Insertion of an operon encoding the entire mevalonate pathway into the rice plastome of the “golden rice” genotype, using for example the methods as described in Khan and Maliga, Nature Biotechnology 17: 910-914,1999, can provide a means for making improvements in metabolic engineering of this important monocot crop.

[0014] Proplastid and chloroplast genetic engineering have been shown to varying degrees of homoplasmy for several major agronomic crops including potato, rice, maize, soybean, grape, sweet potato, and tobacco including starting from non-green tissues. Non-lethal selection on antibiotics is used to proliferate cells containing plastids with antibiotic resistance genes. Plastid transformation methods use two plastid-DNA flanking sequences that recombine with plastid sequences to insert chimeric DNA into the spacer regions between functional genes of the plastome, as is established in the field (see Bock and Hagemann, Prog. Bot. 61:76-90, 2000, and Guda et al., Plant Cell Reports 19:257-262, 2000, and references therein).

[0015] Antibiotics such as spectinomycin, streptomycin, and kanamycin can shut down gene expression in chloroplasts by ribosome inactivation. These antibiotics bleach leaves and form white callus when tissue is put onto regeneration medium in their presence. The bacterial genes aadA and neo encode the enzymes aminoglycoside-3′-adenyltransferase and neomycin phosphotransferase, which inactivate these antibiotics, and can be used for positive selection of plastids engineered to express these genes. Polynucleotides of interest can be linked to the selectable genes and thus can be enriched by selection during the sorting out of engineered and non-engineered plastids. Consequently, cells with plastids engineered to contain genes for these enzymes (and linkages thereto) can overcome the effects of inhibitors in the plant cell culture medium and can proliferate, while cells lacking engineered plastids cannot proliferate. Similarly, plastids engineered with polynucleotides encoding enzymes from the mevalonate pathway to produce IPP from acetyl CoA in the presence of inhibitors of the non-mevalonate pathway can overcome otherwise inhibitory culture conditions. By utilizing the polynucleotides disclosed herein in accord with this invention, an inhibitor targeting the non-mevalonate pathway and its components can be used for selection purposes of transplastomic plants produced through currently available methods, or any future methods which become known for production of transplastomic plants, to contain and express said polynucleotides and any linked coding sequences of interest.

[0016] This selection process of the subject invention is unique in that it is the first selectable trait that acts by pathway complementation to overcome inhibitors. This is distinguished from the state of the art of selection by other antibiotics to which resistance is conferred by inactivation of the antibiotic itself, e.g. compound inactivation as for the aminoglyoside 3′-adenyltransferase gene or neo gene. This method avoids the occurrence of resistant escapes due to random insertion of the resistance gene into the nuclear genome or by spontaneous mutation of the ribosomal target of the antibiotic, as is known to occur in the state of the art. Moreover, this method requires the presence of an entire functioning mevalonate pathway in plastids. For example, if one of the enzyme activities of the mevalonate pathway is not present in the plastid, resistance will not be conferred.

[0017] There is strong evidence indicating that the origin of plastids within the cell occurred via endosymbiosis and that plastids are derived from cyanobacteria. As such, the genetic organization of the plastid is prokaryotic in nature (as opposed to the eukaryotic nuclear genome of the plant cell). The plastid chromosome ranges from roughly 110 to 150 Kb in size (196 for the green alga Chlamydomonas), much smaller than that of most cyanobacteria. However, many of the bacterium genes have either been lost because their function was no longer necessary for survival, or were transferred to the chromosomes of the nuclear genome. Most, but not all, of the genes remaining on the plastid chromosome function in either carbon metabolism or plastid genetics. However, many genes involved in these functions, as well as the many other functions and pathways intrinsic to plastid function, are also nuclear encoded, and the translated products are transported from the cytoplasm to the plastid. Studies have documented nuclear encoded genes with known activity in the plastid that are genetically more similar to homologous genes in bacteria rather than genes of the same organism with the same function but activity in the cytoplasm as reviewed for example in Martin et al. (1998) Nature 393:162-165 and references therein.

[0018] The process whereby genes are transported from the plastid to the nucleus has been addressed. Evidence indicates that copies of many plastid genes are found among nuclear chromosomes. For some of these, promoter regions and transit peptides (small stretches of DNA encoding peptides that direct polypeptides to the plastid) become associated with the gene that allows it to be transcribed, and the translated polypeptide relocated back into the plastid. Once this genetic apparatus has become established, the genes present in the plastid chromosome may begin to degrade until they are no longer functional, i.e., any such gene becomes a pseudogene.

[0019] As is common in prokaryotic systems, many genes that have a common function are organized into an operon. An operon is a cluster of contiguous genes transcribed from one promoter to give rise to a polycistron mRNA. Proteins from each gene in the polycistron are then translated. There are 18 operons in the plastid chromosome of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Although many of these involve as few as two genes, some are large and include many genes. Evolutionary studies indicate that gene loss- as pseudogenes or completely missing sequences- occurs as individuals rather than as blocks of genes or transcriptional units. Thus other genes surrounding a pseudogene in a polycistronic operon remain functional.

[0020] The rpl23 operon consists of genes whose products are involved in protein translation. Most of these genes are ribosomal proteins functioning in either the large or small ribosomal subunit. One particular gene of note, infA, encodes an initiation factor protein that is important in initiating protein translation. Although this gene is functional in many plants, it is a pseudogene in tobacco and all other members of that family (Solanaceae), including the horticulturally valuable tomato, petunia, and potato crops. A recent survey of plant groups has indicated that there have been numerous loses of functionality of infA (Millen et al., Plant Cell 13: 645-658, 2001). This as well as other pseudogenes are identified in species whose chloroplast genomes have not yet been fully sequenced.

[0021] Pseudogenes such as infA become potential target sequences for insertion of intact orfs. Inserted orfs are controlled by regulatory upstream and downstream elements of the polycistron and are promoterless themselves. Pseudogenes are known for a multiplicity of crops and algae with chloroplast genomes that are already fully sequenced. Crops include grains such as rice and trees such as Pinus. Of note in the latter are the eleven ndh genes; all may serve as potential targets for transgene insertion.

[0022] Transplastomic solanaceous crops are highly desirable in order to eliminate the potential for gene transfer from engineered lines to wild species, as demonstrated in Lycopersicon (Dale, P. J. 1992. Spread of engineered genes to wild relatives. Plant Physiol. 100:13-15.). Amethod for plastid engineering that enables altered pigmentation, for improved nutrition in tomato or improved flower color in Petunia and ornamental tobacco as examples, is desirable for solanaceous crops. The infA gene is widely lost among rosids and some asterids; among the latter, infA is a pseudogene in all solanaceous species examined (representing 16 genera). The solanaceous infA DNA sequences show high similarity, with all nucleotide changes within infA being documented. Thus one set of flanking sequences of reasonable length as known in the art should serve for directed insertion of an individual or multiple orfs into the infA sites of the solanaceous species. It is documented in a solanaceous species that flanking sequences for genes to be inserted into the plastome are not required to be specific for the target species, as incompletely homologous plastid sequences are integrated at comparable frequencies (Kavanagh et al., Genetics 152:1111-1122, 1999).

[0023] The upstream 5′ region, often referred to as the 5′ UTR, is important on the expression level of a transcript as it is translated. Knowing the translation products of surrounding genes in a polycistron allows one to select a pseudogene site that is affiliated with a strong 5′ UTR for optimizing plastid expression in a particular tissue. The plastid genome in many plant species can have multiple pseudogenes that are located in different polycistronic sites. So, if one has a choice, one can select a site based on whether it is actively transcribed in green vs non-green plastid; and then if the polycistron has high or low relative expression in that plastid type. Moreover, monocistronic mRNA of ndhD was detected in developed leaves but not in greening or expanding leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare), despite this gene being part of a polycistronic unit as reported by del Campo et al. (1997) Plant Physiol 114:748. Thus, one can time transgene product production by treating an inactive gene, based on developmental expression, as a pseudogene for targetting and integration purposes using the invention disclosed herein.

[0024] Algal species are becoming increasingly exploited as sources of nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and lend themselves to aquaculture. Mass production of the isoprenoid compound astaxanthin produced by the green microalga Haemotcoccus is one successful example of the above. Metabolic engineering that would increase product yields and composition in microalgae would significantly benefit the industry. The development of organellar transformation for the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, with its single large chloroplast, opens the door for conducting studies on genetic manipulation of the isoprenoid pathway. Filamentous or multicellular algae are also of interest as untapped biofactories, as are other nongreen algae whose pathways for producing unique fatty acids, amino acids, and pigments can be ameliorated for commercial benefit.

[0025] The biolistic DNA delivery method is a general means with which to transform the chloroplast of algae (Boynton and Gillham, Methods Enzymol. 217:510-536,1993). Sequencing of at least six plastomes from algae should facilitate transformation systems by confirming insertion sites, including pseudogene sites, and the regulatory elements directing heterologous gene expression. What is required is a dominant marker for selection of stable transformants to which natural resistance is absent (Stevens and Purton, J. Phycol 33: 713-722, 1997). For Chlamydomonas, chloroplasts can be engineered using markers that confer spectinomycin resistance following their integration into the plastome via homologous recombination. By utilizing the polynucleotides disclosed herein in accord with this invention, an inhibitor targeting the non-mevalonate pathway and its components can be used for selection purposes of transplastomic algae produced through currently available methods, or any future methods which become known for production of transplastomic algae, to contain and express said polynucleotides and any linked coding sequences of interest. This is a novel selection vehicle for transplastomic algae. Moreover, elevating the supply of essential precursors for isoprenoid production in algae as described above is enabled by this invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0026] This invention relates to the presence of enzymatic activities necessary to form IPP from acetyl CoA, generally known as the mevalonate pathway, within plant and microalgae plastids. This invention may also require the presence of IPP isomerase activity within plastids resulting from the insertion into said plants and microalgae of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide with IPP isomerase activity. This invention may be achieved by the use of any polynucleotide, be it a DNA molecule or molecules, or any hybrid DNA/RNA molecule or molecules, containing at least one open reading frame that when expressed provides a polypeptide(s) exhibiting said activities within plastids. These open reading frames may be identical to their wild type progenitors, or alternatively may be altered in any manner (for example, with plastid-optimized codon usage), may be isolated from the host organism to be modified, may originate from another organism or organisms, or may be any combination of origin so long as the encoded proteins are able to provide the desired enzymatic activity within the target plastids. The described open reading frames may be inserted directly into plastids using established methodology or any methodology yet to be discovered. Alternatively, plastid localization of the desired activities may be achieved by modifying genes already residing in the cell nucleus, inserting foreign polynucleotides for nuclear residence, or inserting polynucleotides contained on exogenous, autonomous plasmids into the cell cytoplasm so that in all cases their encoded proteins are transported into the plastid. For example, a chloroplast transit (targeting) peptide. can be fused to a protein of interest. Any combination of the above methods for realizing said activities in plant and microalgae plastids can be utilized. By causing the complete mevalonate pathway enzymatic activity to occur in plastids normally possessing only the non-mevalonate pathway, the presence of said activities within the chloroplasts of a specific plant or microalgae will endow it with resistance to a compound, molecule, etc. that targets a component of the non-mevalonate pathway, be it an enzyme, gene, regulatory sequence, etc., thereby also providing a useful selection system based on circumvention of the inhibition of the non-mevalonate pathway in transplastomic plants and microalgae.

[0027] In addition, this invention relates to the use of open reading frames encoding polypeptides with enzymatic activities able to convert acetyl CoA to IPP, generally known as the mevalonate pathway, and a polypeptide with IPP isomerase activity as a method for increasing the production of IPP, DMAPP, and isoprenoid pathway derived products whose level within plant and microalgae plastids is dependent on the level of IPP and/or DMAPP present within the plastids. The presence of exogenous genes encoding 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase and IPP isomerase have been shown to increase the production of carotenoids in eubacteria, presumably due to an increased production of IPP and/or DMAPP. Thus, insertion of the entire mevalonate pathway, solely or coupled with an additional IPP isomerase, into plastids will increase the level of IPP and/or DMAPP, resulting in an increased level of carotenoids and other yet to be determined isoprenoid pathway derived products within plant and microalgae plastids. This invention can utilize an open reading frame encoding the enzymatic activity for IPP isomerase independently or in addition to said open reading frames comprising the entire mevalonate pathway to obtain the increased level of isoprenoid pathway derived products within plant and microalgae plastids. This invention may be achieved by the use of any DNA molecule or molecules, or any hybrid DNA/RNA molecule or molecules, containing open reading frames able to provide said activities within plant and microalgae plastids. These open reading frames may be identical to their wild type progenitors, maybe altered in any manner, may be isolated from the plant to be modified, may originate from another organism or organisms, or may be any combination of origin so long as the encoded proteins are able to provide said activities within plastids. The described open reading frames may be inserted directly into plant and microalgae plastids using established methodology or any methodology yet to be discovered. Alternatively, plastid localization of the desired activities may be achieved by modifying genes already residing in the nucleus, inserting foreign genes for nuclear residence, or inserting genes contained on exogenous, autonomous plasmids into the cytoplasm so that in all cases their encoded proteins are transported into the plastid. Any combination of the above methods for realizing said activities in plastids can be utilized.

[0028] Further, this invention also relates to the direct insertion of any foreign gene into a plant or microalgae chloroplast by coupling it to the open reading frames encoding polypeptides with enzymatic activities able to convert acetyl CoA to IPP, thus comprising the entire mevalonate pathway. By utilizing a compound, molecule, etc. that targets a component of the non-mevalonate pathway be it an enzyme, gene, regulatory sequence, etc., a method of selection analogous to the use of kanamycin and spectinomycin resistance for the transformation event is achieved. As inhibition of the non-mevalonate pathway in a plant or microalgae results in the impairment of photosynthesis, the presence of the mevalonate pathway biosynthetic capability is apparent, thus enabling the facile screening of concomitant incorporation into plastids of a foreign gene coupled to the open reading frames comprising the entire mevalonate pathway. The use of a polynucleotide comprising an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide with IPP isomerase activity in addition to the open reading frames encoding the mevalonate pathway is a particularly preferred embodiment, which provides all enzymatic activities necessary to synthesize both IPP and DMAPP and overcome the effect(s) of inhibition of the non-mevalonate pathway.

[0029] Further, this invention is unique and novel in that the transforming DNA, that is integrated by two or more homologous/heterologous recombination events, is purposefully targeted into inactive gene sites selected based on prior knowledge of transcription in plastid type, developmental expression including post-transcriptional editing, and post-transcriptional stability. Additionally, this invention uses the regulatory elements of known inactive genes (pseudogenes) to drive production of a complete transforming gene unrelated to the inserted gene site. Thus, by utilizing the transgene insertion method disclosed herein in accord with this invention, any foreign gene can be targeted to an inactive gene site (the pseudogene) through currently available methods of gene transfer, or any future methods which become known for production of transgenic and transplastomic plants, to contain and express said foreign gene and any linked coding sequences of interest. This gene insertion process of the subject invention is unique in that it is the first method specifically acting by pseudogene insertion to overcome the need for promoters and other regulatory elements normally associated with a transforming DNA vector while permitting site-specific recombination in organellar genomes. The use of the infA pseudogene insertion site in the solanaceous crops in particular is a preferred embodiment for the transformation of plastids using the open reading frames for the mevalonate pathway as well as for providing the necessary precursors for modified output traits in plants.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030]FIG. 1 is a map of cloning vector pFCO1 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD).

[0031]FIG. 2 is a map of expression vector pFCO2 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD).

[0032]FIG. 3 is a map of cloning vector pHKO 1 containing S. cerevisiae orf encoding acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orfs encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS), HMG-CoA reductase (HMGRt).

[0033]FIG. 4 is a map of expression vector pHKO2 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD), and acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orfs encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS), HMG-CoA reductase (HMGRt) which in their summation are designated Operon A, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway.

[0034]FIG. 5 is a map of cloning vector pHKO3 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD), and acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orfs encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS), HMG-CoAreductase (HMGRt) which in their summation are designated Operon B, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway.

[0035]FIG. 6 is an iillustration of how the mevalonate (MEV) pathway, by providing an alternative biosynthetic route to IPP, circumvents blocks in the MEP pathway due to a mutation in the gene for deoxyxylulose phosphate synthase (dxs) and due to inhibtion by fosmidomycin of deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase (dxr).

[0036]FIG. 7 is a map of vector pBSNT27 containing N. tabcum chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and the N. tabcum infApseudogene and pBSNT27 sequence (SEQ ID NO: 17)

[0037]FIG. 8 is a map of plastid transformation vector pHKO4 containing N. tabcum chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) flanking the insertion of Operon B into the infA pseudogene.

[0038]FIG. 9 is a map of cloning vector pHKO5 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD), and acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orfs encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS), HMG-CoA reductase (HMGRt); R. capsulatus orf encoding IPP isomerase (IPPI) which in their summation are designated Operon C, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase.

[0039]FIG. 10 is a map of cloning vector pFHO1 containing S. cerevisiae orf encoding acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orf encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS); Streptomyces sp CL190 orf encoding HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR).

[0040]FIG. 11 is a map of cloning vector pFHO2 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD), and acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orf encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS); Streptomyces sp CL190 orf encoding HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) which in their summation are designated Operon D, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway.

[0041]FIG. 12 is a map of cloning vector pFHO3 containing S. cerevisiae orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), mevalonate kinase (MVK), and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (MDD), and acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT); A. thaliana orf encoding HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS); Streptomyces sp CL190 orf encoding HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR); R. capsulatus orf encoding IPP isomerase (IPPI) which in their summation are designated Operon E, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase.

[0042]FIG. 13 is a map of cloning vector pFHO4 containing a S. cerevisiae orf encoding acetoacetyl thiolase (AACT) coupled to the Streptomyces sp CL190 gene cluster which in their summation are designated Operon F, encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase.

[0043]FIG. 14 is is a plastid transformation vector pHKO7 containing N. tabacum chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) flanking the insertion of Operon C into the infA pseudogene.

[0044]FIG. 15 is a map of expression vector pHKO9 containing Operon B.

[0045]FIG. 16 is a map of expression vector pHK10 containing Operon C.

[0046]FIG. 17 is a map of plastid transformation vector pFHO6 containing N. tabacum chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) flanking the insertion of both Operon E and the R. capsulatus orf encoding phytoene synthase (PHS) into the infA pseudogene.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCES

[0047] SEQ ID NO: 1) is a PCR primer containing Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA.

[0048] SEQ ID NO: 2) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0049] SEQ ID NO: 3) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0050] SEQ ID NO: 4) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0051] SEQ ID NO: 5) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0052] SEQ ID NO: 6) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0053] SEQ ID NO: 7) is a PCR primer containing Arabidopsis thalian.a DNA.

[0054] SEQ ID NO: 8) is a PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA.

[0055] SEQ ID NO: 9) is a PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA.

[0056] SEQ ID NO: 10) is a PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA.

[0057] SEQ ID NO: 11) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0058] SEQ ID NO: 12) is a PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0059] SEQ ID NO: 13) is a Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0060] SEQ ID NO: 14) is a Oligonucleotide containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0061] SEQ ID NO: 15) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0062] SEQ ID NO: 16) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0063] SEQ ID NO: 17) is Vector pBSNT27 containing Nicotiana tabacum DNA.

[0064] SEQ ID NO: 18) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0065] SEQ ID NO: 19) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and A. thaliana DNA.

[0066] SEQ ID NO: 20) is a PCR primer containing Rhodobacter capsulatus DNA.

[0067] SEQ ID NO: 21) is a PCR is a primer containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0068] SEQ ID NO: 22) is a PCR primer containing Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA.

[0069] SEQ ID NO: 23) is a PCR primer containing S. pombe DNA.

[0070] SEQ ID NO: 24) is a PCR primer containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA.

[0071] SEQ ID NO: 25) PCR is a primer containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA.

[0072] SEQ ID NO: 26) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0073] SEQ ID NO: 27) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0074] SEQ ID NO: 28) is an Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0075] SEQ ID NO: 29) is an Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0076] SEQ ID NO: 30) is an Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0077] SEQ ID NO: 31) is an Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA.

[0078] SEQ ID NO: 32) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0079] SEQ ID NO: 33) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0080] SEQ ID NO: 34) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0081] SEQ ID NO: 35) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. pombe DNA.

[0082] SEQ ID NO: 36) is an Oligonucleotide containing NotI restriction site.

[0083] SEQ ID NO: 37) is an Oligonucleotide containing NotI restriction site.

[0084] SEQ ID NO: 38) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0085] SEQ ID NO: 39) is an Oligonucleotide containing A. thaliana DNA.

[0086] SEQ ID NO: 40) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0087] SEQ ID NO: 41) is an Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0088] SEQ ID NO: 42) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0089] SEQ ID NO: 43) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA.

[0090] SEQ ID NO: 44) is an Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0091] SEQ ID NO: 45) is an Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0092] SEQ ID NO: 46) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA.

[0093] SEQ ID NO: 47) is an Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA.

[0094] SEQ ID NO: 48) is Saccharomyces cerevisiae orf for phosphomevalonate kinase (ERG8).

[0095] SEQ ID NO: 49) Saccharomyces cerevisiae orf for mevalonate kinase (ERG 12).

[0096] SEQ ID NO: 50) Saccharomyces cerevisiae orf for mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase (ERG19).

[0097] SEQ ID NO: 51) Saccharomyces cerevisiae orf for acetoacetyl thiolase.

[0098] SEQ ID NO: 52) Arabidopsis thaliana orf for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) synthase.

[0099] SEQ ID NO: 53) Arabidopsis thaliana orf for HMG-CoA reductase.

[0100] SEQ ID NO: 54) Schizosaccharomyces pombe IDI1 (IPP isomerase).

[0101] SEQ ID NO: 55) Rhodobacter capsulatus idiB (IPP isomerase).

[0102] SEQ ID NO: 56) Streptomyces sp CL190 orf encoding HMG-CoA reductase.

[0103] SEQ ID NO: 57) Streptomyces sp CL190 gene cluster containing mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase orfs.

[0104] SEQ ID NO: 58) Operon A containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA

[0105] SEQ ID NO: 59) is Operon B containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0106] SEQ ID NO: 60) is Operon C containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0107] SEQ ID NO: 61) is Operon D containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and Streptomycs sp CL190 DNA.

[0108] SEQ ID NO: 62) is Operon E containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, Streptomycs sp CL190 DNA, and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0109] SEQ ID NO: 63) is Operon F containing containing S. cerevisiae and Streptonzycs sp CL190 DNA.

[0110] SEQ ID NO: 64) is Operon G containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae and S. pombe DNA.

[0111] SEQ ID NO: 65) is PCR primer containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0112] SEQ ID NO: 66) is PCR primer containing R. capsulatus DNA.

[0113] SEQ ID NO: 67) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0114] SEQ ID NO: 68) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0115] SEQ ID NO: 69) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0116] SEQ ID NO: 70) is an Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0117] SEQ ID NO: 71) is Rhodobacter capsulatus orf encoding phytoene synthase (crtB).

[0118] SEQ ID NO: 72) is plastid transformation vector pHKO4, containing Operon B, containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA.

[0119] SEQ ID NO: 73) is plastid transformation vector pHKO7, containing Operon C, containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and R. capsulatus DNA.

[0120] SEQ ID NO: .74) is plastid transformation vector pHKO8, containing Operon G, containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and S. pombe DNA.

[0121] SEQ ID NO: 75) is plastid transformation vector pFHO5 containing R. capsulatus DNA encoding phytoene synthase.

[0122] SEQ ID NO: 76) is plastid transformation vector pFHO6, containing Operon E, containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, Streptomycs sp CL190 DNA, and R.capsulatus DNA.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0123] In the description that follows, a number of terms used in genetic engineering are utilized. In order to provide a clear and consistent understanding of the specification and claims, including the scope to be given such terms, the following definitions are provided.

[0124] A protein is considered an isolated protein if it is a protein isolated from a host cell in which it is naturally produced. It can be purified or it can simply be free of other proteins and biological materials with which it is associated in nature, for example, if it is recombinantly produced.

[0125] An isolated nucleic acid is a nucleic acid the structure of which is not identical to that of any naturally occurring nucleic acid or to that of any fragment of a naturally occurring genomic nucleic acid spanning more than three separate genes. The term therefore covers, for example, (a) a DNA which has the sequence of part of a naturally occurring genomic DNA molecule, but is not flanked by both of the coding or noncoding sequences that flank that part of the molecule in the genome of the organism in which it naturally occurs; (b) a nucleic acid incorporated into a vector or into the genomic or plastomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote in a manner such that the resulting molecule is not identical to any naturally occurring vector or genomic or plastomic DNA; (c) a separate molecule such as a cDNA, a genomic or plastomic fragment, a fragment produced by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or a restriction fragment; and (d) a recombinant nucleotide sequence that is part of a hybrid gene, i.e., a gene encoding a fusion protein. Specifically excluded from this definition are nucleic acids present in mixtures of (i) DNA molecules, (ii) transfected cells, and (iii) cell clones, e.g., as these occur in a DNA library such as a cDNA or genomic DNA library.

[0126] One DNA portion or sequence is downstream of second DNAportion or sequence when it is located 3′ of the second sequence. One DNA portion or sequence is upstream of a second DNA portion or sequence when it is located 5′ of that sequence.

[0127] One DNA molecule or sequence and another are heterologous to one another if the two are not derived from the same ultimate natural source, or are not naturally contiguous to each other. The sequences may be natural sequences, or at least one sequence can be derived from two different species or one sequence can be produced by chemical synthesis provided that the nucleotide sequence of the synthesized portion was not derived from the same organism as the other sequence.

[0128] A polynucleotide is said to encode a polypeptide if, in its native state or when manipulated by methods known to those skilled in the art, it can be transcribed and/or translated to produce the polypeptide or a fragment thereof. The anti-sense strand of such a polynucleotide is also said to encode the sequence.

[0129] A nucleotide sequence is operably linked when it is placed into a functional relationship with another nucleotide sequence. For instance, a promoter is operably linked to a coding sequence if the promoter effects its transcription or expression. Generally, operably linked means that the sequences being linked are contiguous and, where necessary to join two protein coding regions, contiguous and in reading frame. However, it is well known that certain genetic elements, such as enhancers, may be operably linked even at a distance, i.e., even if not contiguous.

[0130] In a plastome, sequences are physically linked by virtue of the chromosome configuration, but they are not necessarily operably linked due to differential expression for example. Transgenes can be physically linked prior to transformation, or can become physically linked once they insert into a plastome. Transgenes can become operably linked if they share regulatory sequences upon insertion into a plastome.

[0131] The term recombinant polynucleotide refers to a polynucleotide which is made by the combination of two otherwise separated segments of sequence accomplished by the artificial manipulation of isolated segments of polynucleotides by genetic engineering techniques or by chemical synthesis. In so doing one may join together polynucleotide segments of desired functions to generate a desired combination of functions.

[0132] The polynucleotides may also be produced by chemical synthesis, e.g., by the phosphoramidite method described by Beaucage and Caruthers (1981) Tetra. Letts., 22:1859-1862 or the triester method according to Matteuci et al. (1981) J. Am. Chem. Soc., 103: 3185, and may be performed on commercial automated oligonucleotide synthesizers. A double-stranded fragment may be obtained from the single stranded product of chemical synthesis either by synthesizing the complementary strand and annealing the strands together under appropriate conditions or by adding the complementary strand using DNA polymerase with an appropriate primer sequence.

[0133] Polynucleotide constructs prepared for introduction into a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host will typically, but not always, comprise a replication system (i.e. vector) recognized by the host, including the intended polynucleotide fragment encoding the desired polypeptide, and will preferably, but not necessarily, also include transcription and translational initiation regulatory sequences operably linked to the polypeptide-encoding segment. Expression systems (expression vectors) may include, for example, an origin of replication or autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) and expression control sequences, a promoter, an enhancer and necessary processing information sites, such as ribosome-binding sites, RNA splice sites, polyadenylation sites, transcriptional terminator sequences, and mRNA stabilizing sequences. Signal peptides may also be included where appropriate, preferably from secreted polypeptides of the same or related species, which allow the protein to cross and/or lodge in cell membranes or be secreted from the cell.

[0134] Variants or sequences having substantial identity or homology with the polynucleotides encoding enzymes of the mevalonate pathway may be utilized in the practice of the invention. Such sequences can be referred to as variants or modified sequences. That is, a polynucleotide sequence may be modified yet still retain the ability to encode a polypeptide exhibiting the desired activity. Such variants or modified sequences are thus equivalents. Generally, the variant or modified sequence will comprise at least about 40%-60%, preferably about 60%-80%, more preferably about 80%-90%, and even more preferably about 90%-95% sequence identity with the native sequence.

[0135] Sequence relationships between two or more nucleic acids or polynucleotides are generally defined as sequence identity, percentage of sequence identity, and substantial identity. In determining sequence identity, a “reference sequence” is used as a basis for sequence comparison. The reference may be a subset or the entirety of a specified sequence. That is, the reference sequence may be a full-length gene sequence or a segment of the gene sequence.

[0136] Methods for alignment of sequences for comparison are well known in the art. See, for example, Smith etal. (1981) Adv. Appl. Math. 2:482; Needleman etal. (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443; Pearson et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 85:2444; CLUSTALin the PC/Gene Program by Intelligenetics, Mountain View, Calif.; GAP, BESTFIT, BLAST, FASTA, and TFASTA in the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wis., USA. Preferred computer alignment methods also include the BLASTP, BLASTN, and BLASTX algorithms. See, Altschul et al. (1990) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410.

[0137] “Sequence identity” or “identity” in the context of nucleic acid or polypeptide sequences refers to the nucleic acid bases or residues in the two sequences that are the same when aligned for maximum correspondence over a specified comparison window. “Percentage of sequence identity” refers to the value determined by comparing two optimally aligned sequences over a comparison window, wherein the portion of the polynucleotide sequence in the comparison window may comprise additions or deletions as compared to the reference window for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The percentage is calculated by determining the number of positions at which the identical nucleic acid base or amino acid residue occurs in both sequences to yield the number of matched positions, dividing the number of matched positions by the total number of positions in the window of comparison, and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage of sequence identity.

[0138] Polynucleotide sequences having “substantial identity” are those sequences having at least about 50%-60% sequence identity, generally at least 70% sequence identity, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95%, compared to a reference sequence using one of the alignment programs described above. Preferably sequence identity is determined using the default parameters determined by the program. Substantial identity of amino acid sequence generally means sequence identity of at least 50%, more preferably at least 70%, 80%, 90%, and most preferably at least 95%.

[0139] Nucleotide sequences are generally substantially identical if the two molecules hybridize to each other under stringent conditions. Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. Nucleic acid molecules that do not hybridize to each other under stringent conditions may still be substantially identical if the polypeptides they encode are substantially identical. This may occur, for example, when a copy of a nucleic acid is created using the maximum codon degeneracy permitted by the genetic code.

[0140] As noted, hybridization of sequences may be carried out under stringent conditions. By “stringent conditions” is intended conditions under which a probe will hybridize to its target sequence to a detectably greater degree than to other sequences. Stringent conditions are sequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances. Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the salt concentration is less than about 1.5 M Na ion, typically about 0.01 to 1.0 M Na ion concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes (e.g., greater than 50 nucleotides). Stringent conditions may also be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. Exemplary stringent conditions include hybridization with a buffer solution of 30 to 35% formamide, 1.0 M NaCl, 1% SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate) at 37° C., and a wash in 1× to 2×SSC (20×SSC=3.0 M NaCl/0.3 M trisodium citrate) at 50 to 55° C. It is recognized that the temperature, salt, and wash conditions may be altered to increase or decrease stringency conditions. For the post-hybridization washes, the critical factors are the ionic strength and temperature of the final wash solution. See, Meinkoth and Wahl (1984) Anal. Biochem. 138:267-284.

[0141] As indicated, fragments and variants of the nucleotide sequences of the invention are encompassed herein. By “fragment” is intended a portion of the nucleotide sequence. Fragments of the polynucleotide sequence will generally encode polypeptides which retain the biologicalenzymatic activity of the native protein. Those of skill in the art routinely generate fragments of polynucleotides of interest through use of commercially available restriction enzymes; synthetic construction of desired polynucleotides based on known sequences; or use of “erase-a-base” technologies such as Bal 31 exonuclease, by which the skilled artisan can generate hundreds of fragments of a known polynucleotide sequence from along the entire length of the molecule by time-controlled, limited digestion. Fragments that retain at least one biological or enzymatic activity of the native protein are equivalents of the native protein for that activity.

[0142] By “variants” is intended substantially similar sequences. For example, for nucleotide sequences, conservative variants include those sequences that, because of the degeneracy of the genetic code, encode the amino acid sequence of an enzyme of the mevalonate pathway. Variant nucleotide sequences include synthetically derived sequences, such as those generated for example, using site-directed mutagenesis. Generally, nucleotide sequence variants of the invention will have at least 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, generally 80%, preferably 85%, 90%, up to 95% sequence identity to its respective native nucleotide sequence. Activity of polypeptides encoded by fragments or variants of polynucleotides can be confirmed by assays disclosed herein.

[0143] “Variant” in the context of proteins is intended to mean a protein derived from the native protein by deletion or addition of one or more amino acids to the N-terminal and/or C-terminal end of the native protein; deletion or addition of one or more amino acids at one or more sites in the native protein; or substitution of one or more amino acids at one or more sites in the native protein. Such variants may result from, for example, genetic polymorphism or human manipulation. Conservative amino acid substitutions will generally result in variants that retain biological function. Such variants are equivalents of the native protein. Variant proteins that retain a desired biological activity are encompassed within the subject invention. Variant proteins of the invention may include those that are altered in various ways including amino acid substitutions, deletions, truncations, and insertions. Methods for such manipulation are generally known in the art. See, for example, Kunkel (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82:488-492; Kunkel et al. (1987) Methods and Enzymol;. 154:367-382; and the references cited therein.

[0144] An expression cassette may contain at least one polynucleotide of interest to be cotransformed into the organism. Such an expression cassette is preferably provided with a plurality of restriction sites for insertion of the sequences of the invention to be under the transcriptional regulation of the regulatory regions. The expression cassette may additionally contain selectable marker genes.

[0145] The cassette may include 5′ and 3′ regulatory sequences operably linked to a polynucleotide of interest. By “operably linked” is intended, for example, a functional linkage between a promoter and a second sequence, wherein the promoter sequence initiates and mediates transcription of the DNA sequence corresponding to the second sequence. Generally, operably linked means that the nucleic acid sequences being linked are contiguous and, where necessary to join two protein coding regions, contiguous and in the same reading frame. When a polynucleotide comprises a plurality of coding regions that are operably linked such that they are under the control of a single promoter, the polynucleotide may be referred to as an “operon”.

[0146] The expression cassette will optionally include in the 5′-3′ direction of transcription, a transcriptional and translational initiation region, a polynucleotide sequence of interest and a transcriptional and translational termination region functional in plants or microalgae. The transcriptional initiation region, the promoter, is optional, but may be native or analogous, or foreign or heterologous, to the intended host. Additionally, the promoter may be the natural sequence or alternatively a synthetic sequence. By “foreign” is intended that the transcriptional initiation region is not found in the native organism into which the transcriptional initiation region is introduced. As used herein, a chimeric gene comprises a coding sequence operably linked to a transcriptional initiation region that is heterologous to the coding sequence.

[0147] The termination region may be native with the transcriptional initiation region, may be native with the operably linked DNA sequence of interest, or may be derived from another source. Convenient termination regions are available from the Ti-plasmid of A. tumefaciens, such as the octopine synthase and nopaline synthase termination regions. See also Guerineau et al. (1991) Mol. Gen. Genet. 262:141-144; Proudfoot (1991) Cell 64:671-674; Sanfacon et al. (1991) Genes Dev. 5:141-149; Mogen et al. (1990) Plant Cell 2:1261-1272; Munroe et al. (1990) Gene 91:151-158; Ballas et al. (1989) Nucleic Acids Res. 17:7891-7903; and Joshi et al. (1987) Nucleic Acid Res. 15:9627-9639.

[0148] Where appropriate, the polynucleotides of interest may be optimized for expression in the transformed organism. That is, the genes can be synthesized using plant or algae plastid-preferred codons corresponding to the plastids of the plant or algae of interest. Methods are available in the art for synthesizing such codon optimized polynucleotides. See, for example, U. S. Pat. Nos. 5,380,831 and 5,436,391, and Murray et al. (1989) Nucleic Acids Res. 17:477-498, herein incorporated by reference. Of course, the skilled artisan will appreciate that for the transplastomic purposes described herein, sequence optimization should be conducted with plastid codon usage frequency in mind, rather than the plant or algae genome codon usage exemplified in these references.

[0149] It is now well known in the art that when synthesizing a polynucleotide of interest for improved expression in a host cell it is desirable to design the gene such that its frequency of codon usage approaches the frequency of codon usage of the host cell. It is also well known that plastome codon usage may vary from that of the host plant or microalgae genome. For purposes of the subject invention, “frequency ofpreferred codon usage” refers to the preference exhibited by a specific host cell plastid in usage of nucleotide codons to specify a given amino acid. To determine the frequency of usage of a particular codon in a gene, the number of occurrences of that codon in the gene is divided by the total number of occurrences of all codons specifying the same amino acid in the gene. Similarly, the frequency of preferred codon usage exhibited by a plastid can be calculated by averaging frequency of preferred codon usage in a number of genes expressed by the plastid. It usually is preferable that this analysis be limited to genes that are among those more highly expressed by the plastid. Alternatively, the polynucleotide of interest may be synthesized to have a greater number of the host plastid's most preferred codon for each amino acid, or to reduce the number of codons that are rarely used by the host.

[0150] The expression cassettes may additionally contain 5′ leader sequences in the expression cassette construct. Such leader sequences can act to enhance translation. Translation leaders are known in the art and include: picornavirus leaders, for example, EMCV leader (Encephalomyocarditis 5′ noncoding region), Elroy-Stein et al. (1989) PNAS USA 86:6126-6130; potyvirus leaders, for example, TEV leader (Tobacco Etch Virus), Allison et al. (1986); MDMV Leader (Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus) Virology 154:9-20; and human immunoglobulin heavy-chain binding protein (BiP), Macejak et al. (1991) Nature 353:90-94; untranslated leader from the coat protein mRNA of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV RNA4), Jobling et al. (1987) Nature 325:622-625; tobacco mosaic virus leader (TMV), Gallie et al. (1989) in Molecular Biology of RNA, ed. Cech (Liss, New York), pp. 237-256; and maize chlorotic mottle virus leader (MCMV), Lommel et al. (1991) Virology 81:382-385. See also, Della-Cioppa et al. (1987) Plant Physiol. 84:965-968. Other methods known to enhance translation can also be utilized, for example, introns, and the like.

[0151] In preparing an expression cassette, the various polynucleotide fragments may be manipulated, so as to provide for the polynucleotide sequences in the proper orientation and, as appropriate, in the proper reading frame. Toward this end, adapters or linkers may be employed to join the polynucleotide fragments or other manipulations may be involved to provide for convenient restriction sites, removal of superfluous nucleotides, removal of restriction sites, or the like. For this purpose, in vitro mutagenesis, primer repair, restriction, annealing, resubstitutions, e.g., transitions and transversions, maybe involved.

[0152] In addition, expressed gene products may be localized to specific organelles in the target cell by ligating DNA or RNA coded for peptide leader sequences to the polynucleotide of interest. Such leader sequences can be obtained from several genes of either plant or other sources. These genes encode cytoplasmically-synthesized proteins directed to, for example, mitochondria (the F1-ATPase beta subunit from yeast or tobacco, cytochrome c1 from yeast), chloroplasts (cytochrome oxidase subunit Va from yeast, small subunit of rubisco from pea), endoplasmic reticulum lumen (protein disulfide isomerase), vacuole (carboxypeptidase Y and proteinase A from yeast, phytohemagglutinin from French bean), peroxisomes (D-aminoacid oxidase, uricase) and lysosomes (hydrolases).

[0153] Following transformation, a plant may be regenerated, e.g., from single cells, callus tissue, or leaf discs, as is standard in the art. Almost any plant can be entirely regenerated from cells, tissues, and organs of the plant. Available techniques are reviewed in Vasil et al. (1984) in Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics ofPlants, Vols. I, II, and III, Laboratory Procedures and Their Applications (Academic press); and Weissbach et al. (1989) Methods for Plant Mol. Biol.

[0154] The transformed plants may then be grown, and either pollinated with the same transformed strain or different strains, and the resulting hybrid having expression of the desired phenotypic characteristic identified. Two or more generations may be grown to ensure that expression of the desired phenotypic characteristic is stably maintained and inherited, and then seeds harvested to ensure expression of the desired phenotypic characteristic has been achieved.

[0155] The particular choice of a transformation technology will be determined by its efficiency to transform certain target species, as well as the experience and preference of the person practicing the invention with a particular methodology of choice. It will be apparent to the skilled person that the particular choice of a transformation system to introduce nucleic acid into plant or microalgae plastids is not essential to or a limitation of the invention, nor is the choice of technique for plant regeneration.

[0156] Also according to the invention, there is provided a plant or microalgae cell having the constructs of the invention. A further aspect of the present invention provides a method of making such a plant cell involving introduction of a vector including the construct into a plant cell. For integration of the construct into the plastid genome (the “plastome), such introduction will be followed by recombination between the vector and the plastome genome to introduce the operon sequence of nucleotides into the plastome. RNA encoded by the introduced nucleic acid construct (operon) may then be transcribed in the cell and descendants thereof, including cells in plants regenerated from transformed material. A gene stably incorporated into the plastome of a plant or microalgae is passed from generation to generation to descendants of the plant or microalgae, so such descendants should show the desired phenotype.

[0157] The present invention also provides a plant or microalgae culture comprising a plant cell as disclosed. Transformed seeds and plant parts are also encompassed. As used herein, the expressions “cell,” “cell line,” and “cell culture” are used interchangeably and all such designations include progeny, meaning descendants, not limited to the immediate generation of descendants but including all generations of descendants. Thus, the words “transformants” and “transformed cells” include the primary subject cell and cultures derived therefrom without regard for the number of transfers. It is also understood that all progeny may not be precisely identical in DNA content, due to naturally occurring, deliberate, or inadvertent caused mutations. Mutant progeny that have the same function or biological activity as screened for in the originally transformed cell are included. Where distinct designations are intended, it will be clear from the context.

[0158] In addition to a plant or microalgae, the present invention provides any clone of such a plant or microalgae, seed, selfed or hybrid or mated descendants, and any part of any of these, such as cuttings or seed for plants. The invention provides any plant propagule, that is any part which may be used in reproduction or propagation, sexual or asexual, including cuttings, seed, and so on. Also encompassed by the invention is a plant or microalgae which is a sexually or asexually propagated off-spring, clone, or descendant of such a plant or microalgae, or any part or propagule of said plant, off-spring, clone, or descendant. Plant or microalgae extracts and derivatives are also provided.

[0159] The present invention may be used for transformation of any plant species, including, but not limited to, corn (Zea mays), canola (Brassica napus, Brassica rapa ssp.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa), rice (Oryza sativa), rye (Secale cereale), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum vulgare), sunflower (Helianthus annuus), wheat (Triticum aestivum), soybean (Glycine max), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatus), cassava (Manihot esculenta), coffee (Cofea ssp.), coconut (Cocos nucifera), pineapple (Ananas comosus), citrus trees (Citrus spp.), cocoa (Theobroma cacao), tea (Camellia sinensis), banana (Musa spp.), avocado (Persea americana), fig (Ficus casica), guava (Psidium guajava), mango (Mangifera indica), olive (Olea europaea), papaya (Carica papaya), cashew (Anacardium occidental), macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), almond (Prunus amygdalus), sugar beets (Beta vulgaris), oats, barley, vegetables, ornamentals, and conifers.

[0160] Preferably, plants of the present invention are crop plants (for example, cereals and pulses, maize, wheat, potatoes, tapioca, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, barley, pea, and other root, tuber, or seed crops. Important seed crops are oil-seed rape, sugar beet, maize, sunflower, soybean, and sorghum. Horticultural plants to which the present invention may be applied may include lettuce; endive; and vegetable brassicas including cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower; and carnations and geraniums. The present invention may be applied to tobacco, cucurbits, carrot, strawberry, sunflower, tomato, pepper, chrysanthemum, petunia, rose, poplar, eucalyptus, and pine.

[0161] Grain plants that provide seeds of interest include oil-seed plants and leguminous plants. Seeds of interest include grain seeds, such as corn, wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, rye, etc. Oil seed plants include cotton, soybean, safflower, sunflower, Brassica, maize, alfalfa, palm, coconut, etc. Leguminous plants include beans and peas. Beans including guar, locust bean, fenugreek, soybean, garden beans, cowpea, mungbean, lima bean, fava bean, lentils, chickpea, etc.

[0162] Microalgae include but are not limited to the Chlorophyta and the Rhodophyta and may be such organisms as Chlamydomonas, Haematococcus, and Ouneliella.

[0163] Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description. Unless indicated otherwise, the respective contents of the documents cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent they are not inconsistent with the teachings of this specification.

[0164] Percentages and ratios given herein are by weight, and temperatures are in degrees Celsius unless otherwise indicated. The references cited within this application are herein incorporated by reference to the extent applicable. Where necessary to better exemplify the invention, percentages and ratios may be cross-combined.

EXAMPLE 1 Isolation of Orfs Encoding Enzymes of the Mevalonate Pathway for the Construcion of Vectors PFCO1 and pFCO2

[0165] In an exemplified embodiment, vectors containing open reading frames (orfs) encoding enzymes of the mevalonate pathway are constructed. Polynucleotides derived from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and the eubacterium Streptomyces sp CL190 are used for the construction of vectors, including plastid delivery vehicles, containing orfs for biosynthesis of the mevalonate pathway enzymes. Construction of the vectors is not limited to the methods described. It is routine for one skilled in the art to choose alternative restriction sites, PCR primers, etc. to create analogous plasmids containing the same orfs or other orfs encoding the enzymes of the mevalonate pathway. Many of the steps in the construction of the plasmids of the subject invention can utilize the joining of blunt-end DNA fragments by ligation. As orientation with respect to the promoter upstream (5′) of the described orfs can be critical for biosynthesis of the encoded polypeptides, restriction analysis is used to determine the orientation in all instances involving blunt-end ligations. A novel directional ligation methodology, chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., Gene 243:19-25, 2000), can also be used as an alternative to standard ligations in which the resultant orientation of the insert is not fixed. All PCR products are evaluated by sequence analysis as is well known in the art.

[0166] The construction of a synthetic operon comprising three yeast orfs encoding phosphomevalonate kinase, mevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase is described by Hahn et al. (Hahn et al., J. Bacteriol. 183:1-11,2001). This same synthetic operon, contained within plasmid pFCO2, is able to synthesize, in vivo, polypeptides with enzymatic activities able to convert exogenously supplied mevalonate to IPP as demonstrated by the ability of the mevalonate pathway orfs to complement the temperature sensitive dxs::kanr lethal mutation in E. coli strain FH11 (Hahn et al., 2001).

[0167] Plasmids pFCO1 and pFCO2 containing a synthetic operon for the biosynthesis of IPP from mevalonate are constructed as follows: Three yeast orfs encoding mevalonate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase are isolated from S. cerevisiae genomic DNA by PCR using the respective primer sets FH0129-2: 5′ GGACTAGTCTGCAGGAGGAGTTTTAATGTCATT (SEQ ID NO: 1) ACCGTTCTTAACTTCTGCACCGGG-3′ (sense) and FH0129-1: 5′ TTCTCGAG

(SEQ ID NO: 2)

TAAAACT CCTCCTGTGAAGTCCATGGTAAATTCG 3′ (antisense); FH0211-1: 5′ TAGCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 3) TGAGAGCCTTCAGTGCCCCAGGG 3′ (sense) and FH0211-2: 5′ TTTCTGCAGTTTATCAAGATAAGTTTCCGGATC (SEQ ID NO: 4) TTT 3′ (antisense); CT0419-1: 5′ GGAATTCATGACCGTTTACACAGCATCCGTTAC (SEQ ID NO: 5) CGCACCCG 3′ (sense) and CT0419-2: 5′ GGCTCGAGTTAAAACTCCTCTTCCTTTGGTAGA (SEQ ID NO: 6) CCAGTCTTTGCG 3′ (antisense).

[0168] Primer FH0129-2 includes a SpeI site (underlined). Primer FH0129-1 contains an XhoI site (underlined), an AflII site (double-underlined), and 54 nucleotides (bold italics) corresponding to the 5′ end of the yeast orf for mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase. Following PCR using primers FH0129-1 and FH0129-2, a product containing the orf encoding yeast mevalonate kinase is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purified. Following restriction with SpeI-XhoI, the PCR product is inserted into the SpeI-XhoI sites of pBluescript(SK+) (Stratagene, LaJolla, Calif.) by ligation to create pBRG 12. Primers FH0211-1 and FH0211-2 contain a NotI site (underlined) and a PstI site (underlined), respectively. Following PCR using primers FH0211-1 and FH0211-2, a product containing the orf encoding yeast phosphomevalonate kinase is restricted with NotI-PstI, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into pGEM-T Easy (Promega Corp, Madison, Wis.) by ligation to create pERG8. An orf encoding yeast mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase is isolated by PCR using primers CT0419-1 and CT0419-2 and inserted directly into pGEM-T Easy by ligation to create pERG19. Restriction of pERG8 with NotI-PstI yields a 1.4 Kb DNA fragment containing the orf for phosphomevalonate kinase. Restriction of pBRG 12 with NotI-PstI is followed by the insertion of the 1.4 Kb NotI-PstI DNA fragment by ligation to create pBRG812 containing the orfs for both phosphomevalonate kinase and mevalonate kinase and the 5′ end of the orf for yeast mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase. Restriction of pERG19 with AflII-XhoI yields a 1.2 Kb DNA fragment containing the 3′ end of the orf for yeast mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase missing in pBRG812. Insertion of the 1.2 Kb AflII-XhoI DNA fragment into pBRG812/AflII-XhoI by ligation yields pFCO1 containing the three yeast mevalonate pathway orfs (FIG. 1). Restriction of pFCO1 with XhoI is followed by treatment with the Klenow fragment of T7 DNA polymerase and dNTPs to create blunt ends. Subsequent restriction ofpFCO1/XhoI/Klenow with Sac yields a 3.9 Kb DNA fragment containing the three yeast mevalonate pathway orfs. Following agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification of the 3.9 Kb DNA fragment, it is inserted into the SmaI-SacI sites of pNGH1-amp (Garrett et al., J. Biol. Chem. 273:12457-12465, 1998) by ligation to create pFCO2 (FIG. 2).

EXAMPLE 2 Construction of E. coli Strain FH11 (JM101/dxs::kan^(r)/DX4)

[0169] A mutant E. coli strain containing a disruption of the chromosomal dxs gene is constructed as described by Hamilton et al. (Hamilton et al., J. Bacteriol. 171:4617-4622, 1989). The strains are grown at 30° C. or 44° C. in Luria-Bertani (LB) supplemented with the following antibiotics as necessary; ampicillin (Amp) (50 (g/ml), chloramphenicol (Cam) (30 (g/ml), and kanamycin (Kan) (25 (g/ml). Within phagemid DD92 (F. R. Blattner, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.) is a 19.8 Kb EcoRI fragment of E. coli genomic DNA containing dxs, the gene for DXP synthase. Following the isolation of the phage from E. coli strain LE392, DD92 is restricted with SphI, and the resultant 6.3 Kb fragment is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis. GeneClean purification of the SphI fragment and restriction with SmaI yields a 2.0 Kb Sphl-SmaI fragment containing E. coli dxs. The 2.0 Kb fragment is purified by GeneClean and inserted by ligation into the SphI-HindII sites of pMAK705, a plasmid containing a temperature-sensitive origin of replication (Hamilton et al., J. Bacteriol. 171:4617-4622, 1989). The resulting plasmid containing wt dxs, pDX4, is restricted with SapI, a unique site located in the middle of the dxs gene, and the 5′-overhangs are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. The blunt-ended DNA fragment is purified by GeneClean and treated with shrimp alkaline phosphatase (SAP, USB Corp., Cleveland, Ohio) according to the manufacturer's instructions. pUC4K (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J.) is restricted with EcoRI, Klenow-treated, and the resulting 1.3 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment containing the gene for Kan resistance is inserted into the filled-in SapI site of pDX4 by blunt-end ligation to create pDX5 with a disruption in E. coli dxs. Competent E. coli JM101 cells are transformed with pDX5, a pMAK705 derivative containing dxs::kanr, and grown to an optical density (A600) of 0.6 at 30° C. Approximately 10,000 cells are plated out on LB/Cam medium prewarmed to 44° C. The plates were incubated at 44° C., and several of the resulting colonies are grown at 44° C. in 4 ml of LB/Cam medium. Four 50 ml LB/Cam cultures are started with 0.5 ml from four of the 4 ml cultures and grown overnight at 30° C. Four fresh 50 ml LB/Cam cultures are started with 100 μl of the previous cultures and grown overnight at 30° C. An aliquot of one of the 50 ml cultures is serially diluted 5×105 fold, and 5 μl is plated on LB/Cam medium. Following incubation at 30° C., the resulting colonies are used to individually inoculate 3 ml of LB medium containing Cam and Kan. Twelve LB/Cam/Kan cultures are grown overnight at 30° C. and used for plasmid DNA isolation. E. coli cells where the disrupted copy of dxs is incorporated into the genome are identified by restriction analysis of the isolated plasmid DNA and verified by sequence analysis of the DNA contained in the plasmids. The E. coli JM101 derivative containing the dxs::kanr mutation is designated FH11 (Hahn et al. 2001).

EXAMPLE 3 Assay Demonstrating Synthesis of IPP from Mevalonic Acid in E. coli

[0170] The episomal copy of dxs contained on pDX4 in E. coli strain FH11 is “turned off” at 44° C. due to a temperature sensitive origin of replication on the pMAK705 derivative (Hamilton et al., J. Bacteriol. 171:4617-4622, 1989). The inability of FH11 to grow at the restrictive temperature demonstrates that dxs is an essential single copy gene in E. coli (Hahn et al., 2001). A cassette containing three yeast mevalonate pathway orfs is removed from pFCO1 and inserted into pNGH1-Amp to form pFCO2 for testing the ability of the mevalonate pathway orfs to complement the dxs::kanr disruption when FH11 is grown at 44° C. on medium containing mevalonate. The utility of strain FH11 as a component of an assay for testing the ability of mevalonate pathway orfs to direct the synthesis of IPP is demonstrated as follows:

[0171] Colonies of E. coli strain FH11 transformed with pFCO2 or pNGH1-Amp, the expression vector without an insert, are isolated by incubation at 30° C. on LB plates containing Kan and Amp. Four ml LB/Kan/Amp cultures containing either FH11/pFCO2 or FH11/pNGH1-Amp are grown overnight at 30° C. Following a 10,000-fold dilution, 10 μl portions from the cultures are spread on LB/Kan/Amp plates that are prewarmed to 44° C. or are at rt. Approximately 1.3 mg of mevalonic acid is spread on each plate used for FH11/pFCO2. The prewarmed plates are incubated at 44° C., and the rt plates are incubated at 30° C. overnight.

[0172] FH11/pNGH 1-amp cells will not grow at the restrictive temperature of44° C. and FH11/pFCO2 cells are unable to grow at of 44° C. unless mevalonic acid (50 mg/L) is added to the growth medium thus establishing the ability of the polypeptides encoded by the mevalonate pathway orfs contained in the synthetic operon within pFCO2 to form IPP from mevalonate in vivo (Hahn et al., 2001).

EXAMPLE 4 Isolation of Mevalonate Pathway Orfs

[0173] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, the isolation of orfs, each encoding a polypeptide with either HMG-CoA synthase enzyme activity, HMG-CoA reductase enzyme activity, or acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase enzyme activity, and construction of vectors containing these orfs is as follows: Synthesis of A. thaliana first strand cDNAs is performed utilizing PowerScript™ (reverse transcriptase (Clontech Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Specifically, a microfuge tube containing 5 μl of A. thaliana RNA (Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio), 1.8 μl poly(dT)15 primer (0.28 μg/μl, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. Coralville, Iowa), and 6.2 μl DEPC-treated H2O is heated at 70° C. for 10 min and then immediately cooled on ice. The mixture is spun down by centrifugation and 4 μl of 5× First-Strand Buffer (Clontech), 2μ(1 Advantage UltraPure PCR dNTP mix (10 mM each, Clontech) and 2μ(1 100 mM DTT are added and the entire contents mixed by pipetting. Following the addition of 1μ(1 reverse transcriptase (Clontech) and mixing by pipetting, the contents are incubated at 42° C. for 90 min and then heated at 70° C. for 15 min to terminate the reaction.

[0174] The resulting A. thaliana first strand cDNAs are used as templates for the synthesis of an orf encoding HMG-CoA synthase and a truncated HMG-CoA reductase by PCR in a Perkin-Elmer GeneAmp PCR System 2400 thermal cycler utilizing the Advantage®-HF 2 PCR Kit (Clontech) according to the manufacturer's instructions. An A. thaliana HMG-CoA synthase orf is isolated using the following PCR primers: 1) 5′ GCTCTAGATGCGCAGGAGGCACATATGGC (SEQ ID NO: 7) GAAGAACGTTGGGATTTTGGCTATGGATATC TATTTCCC 3′ (sense); and 2) 5′ CG

TCGACGGATCCTCAGTGTCCA (SEQ ID NO: 8) TTGGCTACAGATCCATCTTCACCTTTCTTGC C 3′ (antisense);

[0175] containing the restriction site XbaI shown underlined, the restriction site XhoI shown in bold italic and the restriction site SalI shown double underlined. Specifically, 2 (1 cDNA, 5μ(1 10× HF 2 PCR Buffer (Clontech), 5 μl 10× HF 2 dNTP Mix (Clontech), 1 μl each of the primers described above, 1 μl 50× Advantage-HF 2 Polymerase Mix (Clontech), and 35 μl PCR-Grade H2O (Clontech) are combined in a 0.5 ml PCR tube. The mixture is heated at 94° C. for 15 sec then subjected to 40 PCR cycles consisting of 15 sec at 94° C. and 4 min at 68° C. After a final incubation at 68° C. for 3 min, the reaction is cooled to 4° C. Agarose gel electrophoresis is performed on a 10 μl aliquot to confirm the presence of a DNA fragment of the predicted size of 1.4 Kb. The PCR is repeated in triplicate to generate enough product for its isolation by gel excision and purification by GeneClean (Qbiogene, Inc., Carlsbad Calif.). Following restriction with XbaI-XhoI and purification by GeneClean, the 1.4 Kb PCR product is inserted into the XbaI-XhoI sites of pBluescript(SK+) by ligation to form putative pBSHMGS constructs. Sequence analysis of several of the candidate constructs is performed to identify inserts with DNA identical to the published A. thaliana orf for HMG-CoA synthase and are used for the construction of pBSHMGSR as described below.

[0176] An A. thaliana orf encoding a polypeptide with HMG-CoA reductase enzyme activity is synthesized by PCR essentially as described above using the following primers: 3) 5′ CCGCTCGAGCACGTGGAGGCACATATGC (SEQ ID NO: 9) AATGCTGTGAGATGCCTGTTGGATACATTCA GATTCCTGTTGGG 3′ (sense); and 4) 5′ GGGGTACCTGCGGCCGGATCCCGGGTCA (SEQ ID NO: 10) TGTTGTTGTTGTTGTCGTTGTCGTTGCTCCA GAGATGTCTCGG 3′ (antisense);

[0177] containing the restriction site XhoI shown underlined, the restriction site KpnI shown in italic, the restriction site EagI shown in bold, and the restriction site SmaI shown double underlined. The 1.1 Kb PCR product is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the pT7Blue-3 vector (Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis.) using the Perfectly Blunt™ Cloning Kit (Novagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequence analysis is performed to identify constructs containing A. thaliana DNA encoding the desired C-terminal portion of the published HMG-CoA reductase amino acid sequence and are designated pHMGR.

[0178] PCR is performed on S. cerevisiae genomic DNA (Invitrogen, Corp., Carlsbad, Calif.) by using the Advantage®-HF 2 PCR Kit (Clontech) according to the manufacturer's instructions and the following primers: 5) 5′ ACAACACCGCGGCGGCCGC GTCGAC TAC (SEQ ID NO: 11) GTAGGAGGCACATATGTCTCAGAACGTTTAC ATTGTATCGACTGCC 3′ (sense); and 6) 5′ GC

GGATCCTCATATCTTTTCAA (SEQ ID NO: 12) TGACAATAGAGGAAGCACCACCACC 3′ (antisense);

[0179] containing the restriction site NotI shown underlined, the restriction site SacII shown in italic, the restriction site SalI shown in bold, the restriction site SnaBI shown double underlined, and the restriction site XbaI in bold italic. The 1.2 Kb PCR product is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the vector pT7Blue-3 (Novagen,) using the Perfectly Blunt™ Cloning Kit (Novagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequence analysis is performed to identify constructs containing. S. cerevisiae DNA identical to the published orf encoding acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase and they are designated pAACT.

EXAMPLE 5 Construction of DHKO1

[0180] In an exemplified embodiment, a pBluescript(SK+) derivative containing an operon with orfs encoding polypeptides with enzymatic activities for HMG-CoA synthase, HMG-CoA reductase, and acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase is constructed as follows: Following restriction of pHMGR with XhoI-KpnI, isolation of the 1.1 Kb DNA fragment by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 1.1 Kb XhoI-KpnI DNA fragment containing the orf encoding the C-termninal portion of A. thaliana HMG-CoA reductase is inserted into the SalI-KpnI sites of pBSHMGS by ligation to create pBSHMGSR. Following restriction of pAACT with SacII-XbaI, isolation of the 1.2 Kb DNA fragment containing the orf encoding yeast acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 1.2 Kb SacII-XbaI DNA fragment is inserted into the SacII-XbaI sites of pBSHMGSR by ligation to create pHKO1 (FIG. 3).

EXAMPLE 6 Construction of pHKO2

[0181] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, a vector containing a synthetic operon consisting of six orfs encoding polypeptides with acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, HMG-CoA synthase, HMG-CoA reductase, mevalonate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase enzymatic activities, thus comprising the entire mevalonate pathway, is constructed as follows: Restriction of pHKO1 with EagI yields a 3.7 Kb DNA fragment containing orfs encoding yeast acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, A. thaliana HMG-CoA synthase, and a truncated A. thaliana HMG-CoA reductase. Following isolation of the 3.7 Kb EagI DNA fragment by agarose gel electrophoresis and purification by GeneClean, it is directionally inserted into the NotI site of pFCO2 (Hahn et al., 2001) utilizing the methodology of chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase((Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridge oligonucleotide primers: 1) 5′ TGGAATTCGAGCTCCACCGCGGTGGCGG (SEQ ID NO: 13) CCGCGTCGACGCCGGCGGAGGCACATATGTC T 3′; and 2) 5′ AACAACAACAACATGACCCGGGATCCGG (SEQ ID NO: 14) CCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGTTGAG A 3′;

[0182] as follows: Agarose gel electrophoresis is performed on the 8.1 Kb pFCO2/NotI DNA fragment and the 3.7 Kb EagI DNA fragment isolated from pHKO1 to visually estimate their relative concentrations. Approximately equivalent amounts of each fragment totaling 4.5 μl, 1 μl of each bridge oligo at a concentration of 200 nM, 5 μl Ampligase® 10× Reaction Buffer (Epicentre), 3 μl Ampligase® (5U/(1) (Epicentre), and 35.5 μl PCR grade H2O are added to a 0.5 ml PCR tube. The mixture is heated at 94° C. for 2 min then subjected to 50 PCR cycles consisting of 30 sec at 94° C., 30 sec at 60° C., and 1 min at 66° C. After a final incubation at 66° C. for 5 min, the reaction is cooled to 4° C. Colonies resulting from the transformation of E. coli strain NovaBlue (Novagen) with 1 μl of the directional ligation reaction are grown in LB medium supplemented with ampicillin at a final concentration of 50 μg/ml. Restriction analysis with NaeI-KpnI of mini-prep plasmid DNA from the liquid cultures is performed to identify candidate pHKO2 constructs by the presence of both a 5.7 and a 6.2 Kb DNA fragment. Further analysis by restriction with SmaI-XhoI to generate both a 3.9 and 7.9 Kb DNA fragment confirms the successful construction of pHKO2 (FIG. 4).

EXAMPLE 7 Assay Demonstrating the Synthesis of IPP from Acetyl-CoA in E. coli

[0183] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, a derivative of pNGH1-amp (Hahn et al., 2001), containing the entire mevalonate pathway, is assayed (FIG. 5) for its ability to synthesize IPP from endogenous acetyl-CoA in E. coli strain FH11, containing the temperature sensitive dxs::kanr^(r) knockout (Hahn et al., 2001), as follows: Colonies resulting from the transformation of FH11, by pHKO2, containing orfs encoding polypeptides with enzymatic activities for acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, HMG-CoA synthase, HMG-CoA reductase, mevalonate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase, are isolated by incubation at 30° C. on LB plates containing Kan and Amp. Several 4 ml LB/Kan/amp samples are individually inoculated with single colonies from the FH11 /pHKO2 transformation. Following growth at 30° C. overnight, the FH11/pHKO2 cultures are diluted 100,000-fold, and 5 μl aliquots are spread on LB/Kan/amp plates at room temperature (rt) or that are prewarmed to 44° C. The prewarmed plates are incubated at 44° C., and the rt plates are incubated at 30° C. overnight. FH11 and FH11/pNGH1 amp cells will not grow at the restrictive temperature of 44° C. (Hahn et al., 2001). FH11/pHKO2 cells are able to grow at 44° C., thus establishing the ability, of a synthetic operon comprising the entire mevalonate pathway, to form IPP from acetyl-CoA and thereby overcome the dxs::kanr^(r) block to MEP pathway biosynthesis of IPP in E. coli strain FH11.

EXAMPLE 8 Construction of pHKO3

[0184] In another exemplified embodiment, a derivative of pBluescript(SK+) containing an operon comprising orfs, which in their summation is the entire mevalonate pathway, is constructed as follows: pHKO1, containing orfs encoding acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, HMG-CoA synthase, and an N-terminal truncated HMG-CoAreductase, is restricted with SalI-NotI and purified by GeneClean. The pBluescript(SK+) derivative pFCO1, containing the orfs encoding mevaloriate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase, has been described above in Example 1. Following restriction of pFCO1 with XhoI-NotI, isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 3.9 Kb DNA fragment containing the mevalonate pathway orfs is inserted into pHKO1/SalI-NotI by directional ligation (Pachuk et al., 2000) utilizing thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 1) 5′ CTCAACTCTGACATATGAACTCCTCCTG (SEQ ID NO: 15) CGGCCGCCGCGGTGGAGCTCCAGCTTTTGTT CCC 3′; and 2) 5′ GGTCTACCAAAGGAAGAGGAGTTTTAAC (SEQ ID NO: 16) TCGACGCCGGCGGAGGCACATATGTCTCAGA ACG 3′;

[0185] essentially as described for the construction ofpHKO2. Restriction analysis is performed with KpnI to confirm the successful construction of pHKO3 (FIG. 6).

EXAMPLE 9 Construction of Tobacco Plastid Transformation Vector pHKO4

[0186] In an exemplified embodiment, a vector containing a Nicotiana tabacum plastid pseudogene is utilized to create a plastid transformation vector as follows: The pBluescript(SK+) derivative designated as pBSNT27 (FIG. 7, SEQ ID NO: 17) contains a 3.3 Kb BgalII-BamHI DNA fragment of the N. tabacum chloroplast genome corresponding approximately to base-pairs 80553-83810 of the published nucleotide sequence (Sugiura, M., 1986, and Tsudsuki, T., 1998.). A unique restriction site contained within the tobacco infA pseudogene located on pBSNT27 is cleaved with BglII and the resulting 5′ overhangs are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. The resulting 6.2 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment is GeneClean purified. Following restriction of pHKO3 with EagI, filling in of the resulting 5′ overhangs with Klenow and dNTPs, isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the resulting 7.7 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment, containing orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway, is directionally inserted into the blunt-ended BglII site of pBSNT27 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000.), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 1) 5′ GATCTTTCCTGAAACATAATTTATAATC (SEQ ID NO: 18) AGATCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAG AGTTGAG 3′; and 2) GACAACAACAACAACATGACCCGGGATCCGG (SEQ ID NO: 19) CCGATCTAAACAAACCCGGAACAGACCGTTG GGAA 3′;

[0187] to form the tobacco plastid-specific transformation vector pHKO4 (FIG. 8).

[0188] Alternatively, other derivatives of pBSNT27 can be constructed, using skills as known in the art, that are not reliant upon an available restriction site(s) in the pseudogene. For example, although the infA pseudogene comprises basepairs 3861-4150 in pBSNT27, there are unique restriction sites in close proximity, upsteam and downstream, that can be utilized to excise the entire pseudogene followed by its replacement with an orf or gene cluster comprising multiple orfs, e.g. the complete mevalonate pathway described above. Specifically, there is a unique BsrGI site at 3708 base pairs and a unique SexAI restriction site at 4433 base pairs within pBSNT27. Thus, as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, one can replace the infA pseudogene entirely by inserting a BsrGI- SexAI DNA fragment containing DNA, comprising orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway, that is flanked by the excised DNA originally flanking the infA pseudogene, i.e. DNAcorrespondingto 3708-3860 and4151-4433 base pairs in pBSNT27. The resultant construct will be missing the pseudogene, but will contain the excised flanking DNA restored to its original position and now surrounding the mevalonate pathway orfs. Also, a similar strategy, that will also be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of this disclosure, can be employed that restores the intact pseudogene to a location between the DNA originally flanking it, yet linked to an orf or orfs located upstream and/or downstream of the pseudogene and adjacent to the original flanking DNA.

EXAMPLE 10 Construction of Vectors Containing Orfs Encoding IPP Isomerase (pHKO5 and pHKO6)

[0189] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, orfs encoding IPP isomerase are isolated and vectors containing an operon comprising orfs for the entire mevalonate pathway and an additional orf for IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: A Rhodobacter capsulatus orf encoding a polypeptide with IPP isomerase activity is isolated by PCR from genomic DNA (J. E. Hearst, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif.) using the following primers: 1) 5′ CGCTCGAG TACGTAAGGAGGCACATATG (SEQ ID NO: 20) AGTGAGCTTATACCCGCCTGGGTTGG 3′ (sense); and 2) 5′ GCTCTAGA GATATCGGATCCGCGGCCGC (SEQ ID NO: 21) TCAGCCGCGCAGGATCGATCCGAAAATC C 3′ (antisense);

[0190] containing the restriction sites XhoI shown underlined, BsaAI shown in bold, XbaI shown in italic, EcoRV shown double underlined, and NotI shown in bold italic. The PCR product is restricted with XhoI-XbaI, isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the XhoI-XbaI sites of pBluescript(SK+) by ligation to form pBSIDI. Sequence analysis is performed to identify the plasmids containing R. capsulatus DNA identical to the complementary sequence of base pairs 34678-34148, located on contig rc04 (Rhodobacter Capsulapedia, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.). Following restriction of pBSIDI with BsaAI-EcoRV, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the 0.5 Kb BsaAI-EcoRV DNA fragment containing the R. capsulatus orf is inserted into the dephosphorylated SmaI site of pHKO3 by blunt-end ligation to create pHKO5 (FIG. 9). This establishes the isolation of a previously unknown and unique orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase.

[0191] A Schizosaccharomyces pombe orf encoding a polypeptide with IPP isomerase activity is isolated from plasmid pBSF19 (Hahn and Poulter, J. Biol. Chem. 270:11298-11303, 1995) by PCR using the following primers 3) 5′ GCTCTAGATACGTAGGAGGCACATATGA (SEQ ID NO: 22) GTTCCCAACAAGAGAAAAAGGATTATGATGA AGAACAATTAAGG 3′ (sense); and 4) 5′ CGCTCGAGCCCGGGGGATCCTTAGCAAC (SEQ ID NO: 23) GATGAATTAAGGTATCTTGGAATTTTGACG C 3′ (antisense);

[0192] containing the restriction site BsaAI shown in bold and the restriction site SmaI shown double underlined. The 0.7 Kb PCR product is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the pT7Blue-3 vector (Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis.) using the Perfectly Blunt™ Cloning Kit (Novagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequence analysis is performed to identify constructs containing S. pombe DNA identical to the published DNA sequence (Hahn and Poulter, 1995) and are designated pIDI. Following restriction of pIDI with BsaAI-SmaI, isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 0.7 Kb BsaAI-SmaI DNA fragment containing the orf encoding S. pombe IPP isomerase is inserted into the dephosphorylated SmaI site of pHKO3 by blunt-end ligation to create pHKO6.

EXAMPLE 11 Construction of Vectors Containing Alternative Orfs for Mevalonate Pathway Enzymes and IPP Isomerase

[0193] In another exemplified embodiment, vectors containing open reading frames (orfs) encoding enzymes of the mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase other than those described above are constructed. Polynucleotides derived from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and the bacteria Rhodobacter capsulatus and Streptomyces sp strain CL190 are used for the construction of vectors, including plastid delivery vehicles, containing orfs for biosynthesis of the encoded enzymes. Construction of the vectors is not limited to the methods described. One skilled in the art may choose alternative restriction sites, PCR primers, etc. to create analogous plasmids containing the same orfs or other orfs encoding the enzymes of the mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase.

[0194] Specifically, by way of example, genomic DNA is isolated from Streptomyces sp strain CL190 (American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.) using the DNeasy Tissue Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. An orf encoding a polypeptide with HMG-CoA reductase activity (Takahashi et al., J. Bacteriol. 181:1256-1263, 1999) is isolated from the Streptomyces DNA by PCR using the following primers: 1) 5′ CCGCTCGAGCACGTGAGGAGGCACATAT (SEQ ID NO: 24) GACGGAAACGCACGCCATAGCCGGGGTCCCG ATGAGG 3′ (sense); and 2) 5′ GGGGTACC GCGGCCGC ACGCGTCTATGC (SEQ ID NO: 25) ACCAACCTTTGCGGTCTTGTTGTCGCGTTCC AGCTGG 3′ (antisense);

[0195] containing the restriction site XhoI shown underlined, the restriction site KpnI shown in italics, the restriction site NotI shown in bold, and the restriction site MluI shown double underlined. The 1.1 Kb PCR product is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the pT7Blue-3 vector (Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis.) using the Perfectly Blunt™ Cloning Kit (Novagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequence analysis is performed to identify constructs containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA identical to the published sequence and are designated pHMGR2.

[0196] Alternatively, using skills as known in the art, an orf encoding a truncated S. cerevisiae HMG-CoA reductase (Chappel et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,126 1994) can be isolated by PCR and inserted into pT7Blue-3 (Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis.) to construct a vector for use in building a gene cluster comprising the entire mevalonate pathway, in an analgous fashion to the use of the Streptomyces sp CL190 orf encoding HMG-CoA reductase, as described herein.

[0197] Following restriction of pAACT (see Example 4) with SacII-XbaI, isolation of the 1.2 Kb DNA fragment containing the orf encoding yeast acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 1.2 Kb SacII-XbaI DNA fragment is inserted into the SacII-XbaI sites of pBSHMGS (see Example 4) by ligation to create pBSCTGS. Following restriction of pHMGR2 with XhoI-KpnI, isolation of the 1.1 Kb DNA fragment by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 1.1 Kb XhoI-KpnI DNA fragment containing the orf encoding Streptomyces sp CL190 HMG-CoA reductase is inserted into the XhoI-KpnI sites of pBSCTGS by ligation to create the pBluescript(SK+) derivative, pFHO1 (FIG. 10).

[0198] A derivative of PFHO1 containing an operon with orfs, which in their summation comprise the entire mevalonate pathway, is constructed as follows: PFHO1 is restricted with SnaBI and the resulting 6.6 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment is purified by GeneClean. Following the restriction of pFCO1 (see Example 1) with NotI-XhoI, the resulting 3.9 Kb DNA fragment is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified by GeneClean. The 5′ overhangs of the 3.9 Kb DNA fragment are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. Following purification by GeneClean, the blunt-ended DNA fragment containing three mevalonate pathway orfs (Hahn et al., 2001) is inserted into the SnaBI site of pFHO1 utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides: 3) 5′ GAGCTCCACCGCGGCGGCCGCGTCGACT (SEQ ID NO: 26) ACGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGT T 3′; and 4) 5′ TCTACCAAAGGAAGAGGAGTTTTAACTC (SEQ ID NO: 27) GAGTAGGAGGCACATATGTCTCAGAACGTTT A 3′;

[0199] to form pFHO2 (FIG. 11).

[0200] A derivative of pFHO2 containing an operon with orfs, which in their summation comprise the entire mevalonate pathway and an orf encoding IPP isomerase is constructed as follows: pFHO2 is restricted with MluI and the resulting 5′ overhangs are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. The 10.6 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment is purified by GeneClean. Following restriction of pBSIDI with BsaAI-EcoRV, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the resulting blunt-ended 0.5 Kb DNA fragment containing the R. capsulatus IPP isomerase orf is inserted into the filled in MluI site of pFHO2 utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 5) 5′ CAAGACCGCAAAGGTTGGTGCATAGACG (SEQ ID NO: 28) CGGTAAGGAGGCACATATGAGTGAGCTTATA C 3′; and 6) 5′ CCTGCGCGGCTGAGCGGCCGCGGATCCG (SEQ ID NO: 29) ATCGCGTGCGGCCGCGGTACCCAATTCGCCC T 3′;

[0201] to form pFHO3 (FIG. 12).

[0202] Following the restriction of pBluescript(SK+) with SacII-XbaI and purification by GeneClean, a 1.3 Kb SacII-XbaI DNA fragment containing the orf encoding S. cerevisiae acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, isolated from pAACT (see Example 4) by restriction and agarose gel electrophoresis, is inserted into pBluescript(SK+)/SacII-XbaI by ligation. The resulting plasmid, pBSAACT, is restricted with XbaI, treated with Klenow and dNTPs, and purified by GeneClean. Following restriction of Streptomyces sp CL190 genomic DNA with SnaBI, a blunt-ended 6.8 Kb DNA fragment, containing five (5) orfs encoding polypeptides with HMG-CoA synthase, HMG-CoA reductase, mevalonate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase and IPP isomerase enzymatic activities (Takagi et al., J. Bacteriol. 182:41534157, 2000 and Kuzuyama et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:932-7, 2001), is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the filled in XbaI site of pBSAACT utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides: 7) 5′ TGTCATTGAAAAGATATGAGGATCCTCT (SEQ ID NO: 30) AGGTACTTCCCTGGCGTGTGCAGCGGTTGAC G 3′; and 8) 5′ CGATTCCGCATTATCGGTACGGGTGCCT (SEQ ID NO: 31) ACCTAGAACTAGTGGATCCCCCGGGCTGCAG G 3′;

[0203] to form pFHO4 (FIG. 13). Transformation experiments to isolate pFHO4 constructs are performed with E. coli competent cells utilizing media containing ampicillin. Alternatively, media containing only fosmidomycin (20 μg/ml) as the selection agent is used for the direct isolation of pFHO4 constructs containing the Streptomyces sp CI 190 gene cluster.

[0204] The construction of vectors pHKO2, pHKO3, pHKO5, pHKO6, pFHO2, pFHO3, and pFHO4, illustrates the many ways of combining orfs isolated from a variety of organisms to encode polypeptides such that in their summation they comprise the entire mevalonate pathway or comprise the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase.

EXAMPLE 12 Construction of Tobacco Plastid Transformation Vectors 12HKO7 and pHKO8

[0205] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, tobacco plastid-specific transformation vectors containing orfs, which in their summation comprise the mevalonate pathway, and an additional orf encoding IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: Restriction of pHKO5 with NotI generates a DNA fragment containing six orfs comprising the entire mevalonate pathway and an additional orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase. Restriction of pHKO6 with EagI generates a DNA fragment containing the six orfs comprising the complete mevalonate pathway and an additional orf encoding S. pombe IPP isomerase. Following isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis and purification by GeneClean, the 8.2 Kb NotI DNA fragment from pHKO5 is blunt-ended with Klenow and dNTPs and inserted into the blunt-ended BglII site of pBSNT27 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 1) 5′ CTTTCCTGAAACATAATTTATAATCAGA (SEQ ID NO: 32) TCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGT T 3′; and 2) 5′ TTCGGATCGATCCTGCGCGGCTGAGCGG (SEQ ID NO: 33) CCGATCTAAACAAACCCGGAACAGACCGTTG G 3′;

[0206] to create the plastid delivery vehicle pHKO7 (FIG. 14) containing orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and an orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase. Following isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis and purification by GeneClean, the 8.4 Kb EagI DNA fragment from pHKO6 is blunt-ended with Klenow and dNTPs and inserted into the blunt-ended BglH site of pBSNT27 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 3) 5′ CTTTCCTGAAACATAATTTATAATCAGA (SEQ ID NO: 34) TCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAG T 3′; and 4) 5′ TCGTTGCTAAGGATCCCCCGGGATCCGG (SEQ ID NO: 35) CCGATCTAAACAAACCCGGAACAGACCGTTG G 3′;

[0207] to create the plastid delivery vehicle pHKO8 containing orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway plus the S. pombe IPP isomerase orf.

[0208] Alternatively, either of the IPP isomerase orfs described above can be solely inserted, without orfs for the mevalonate pathway, directly into pBSNT27 (or into any suitable plant transformation vector, known in the art), using skills known in the art.

EXAMPLE 13 Construction of Vectors Used for Increasing Carotenoid Production (pHKO9, pHK10, pHK11, pHK12, and pHK13)

[0209] In yet another exemplified embodiment, a derivative of pTrcHisB (Invitrogen) containing a synthetic operon comprising orfs, which in their summation is the entire mevalonate pathway, is constructed as follows: A unique NotI site was inserted into pTrcHisB utilizing the following oligonucleotides: 1) 5′ CATGGCGGCCGCG 3′; (SEQ ID NO: 36) and 2) 5′ GATCCGCGGCCGC 3′; (SEQ ID NO: 37)

[0210] that upon annealing, form a double-stranded DNA linker containing NotI with 5′ overhangs compatible with StyI and BamHI. Following restriction of pTrcHisB with StyI-BamHI, isolation of the resulting 4.3 Kb DNA fragment by agarose gel electrophoresis, and its purification by GeneClean, the NotI linker was inserted into pTrcHisB/StyI-BamHI by ligation. Restriction analysis with BsaAI-NotI confirms the successful construction of pTrcHisB-NotI (pTHBN1) by the presence of both 2.5 and 1.8 Kb DNA fragments. Following restriction of pHKO3 with EagI, the 7.7 Kb DNA fragment, containing the six mevalonate pathway orfs, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the NotI site of pTHBN1 utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides: 3) 5′ TTAAATAAGGAGGAATAAACCATGGCGG (SEQ ID NO: 38) CCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGTTGAG A 3′; and 4) 5′ AACAACAACAACATGACCCGGGATCCGG (SEQ ID NO: 39) CCGCGATCCGAGCTCGAGATCTGCAGCTGGT A 3′;

[0211] to form pHKO9 (FIG. 15).

[0212] Derivatives of pTHBN1 containing the entire mevalonate pathway plus an additional orf encoding IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: Following restriction of pHKO5 with NotI, the 8.2 Kb DNA fragment, containing the six mevalonate pathway orfs plus an orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the NotI site of pTHBN1 utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides: 5) 5′ TCGATTAAATAAGGAGGAATAAACCATG (SEQ ID NO: 40) GCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGT T 3′; and 6) 5′ GATTTTCGGATCGATCCTGCGCGGCTGA (SEQ ID NO: 41) GCGGCCGCGATCCGAGCTCGAGATCTGCAGC T 3′;

[0213] to form pHK10 (FIG. 16). Following restriction of pHKO6 with EagI, the 8.4 Kb DNA fragment, containing the six mevalonate pathway orfs plus an orf encoding S. pombe IPP isomerase, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the NotI site of pTHBN 1 utilizing directional ligation methodology (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 7) 5′ TCGATTAAATAAGGAGGAATAAACCATG (SEQ ID NO: 42) GCGGCCGCAGGAGGAGTTCATATGTCAGAGT T 3′; and 8) 5′ TTCATCGTTGCTAAGGATCCCCCGGGAT (SEQ ID NO: 43) CCGGCCGCGATCCGAGCTCGAGATCTGCAGC T 3′;

[0214] to form pHK11.

[0215] Derivatives of pTHBN1 containing only an orf encoding IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: pTHBN1 is restricted with NotI and the resulting 5′ overhangs are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. The 4.3 Kb pTHBN1/NotI blunt-ended DNA fragment is GeneClean purified. Following restriction of pBSIDI with BsaAI-EcoRV, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the resulting blunt-ended 0.5 Kb DNA fragment containing the R. capsulatus IPP isomerase orf is inserted into the filled in NotI site of pTHBN1 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the following bridging oligonucleotides: 9) 5′ TTAAATAAGGAGGAATAAACCATGGCGG (SEQ ID NO: 44) CCGTAAGGAGGCACATATGAGTGAGCTTATA C T 3′; and 10) 5′ GCCTGCGCGGCTGAGCGGCCGCGGATCC (SEQ ID NO: 45) GATGGCCGCGATCCGAGCTCGAGATCTGCAG CT 3′;

[0216] to form pHK12. Following restriction of pIDI with BsaAI-SmaI, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the resulting blunt-ended 0.7 Kb DNA fragment containing the S. pombe IPP isomerase orf is inserted into the filled in NotI site of pTHBN1 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase® (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides: 11) 5′TTAAATAAGGAGGAATAAACCATGGCGGCCGTAGGAGGCACATATGA (SEQ ID NO: 46) GTTCCCAACAAGA 3′; and 12) 5′ACCTTAATTCATCGTTGCTAAGGATCCCCCGGCCGCGATCCGAGCTCG (SEQ ID NO: 47) AGATCTGCAGCT 3′;

[0217] to form pHK13.

EXAMPLE 14 Increased Isoprenoid Production in Cells Containing the MEP Pathway

[0218] In another exemplified embodiment, a carotenoid producing E. coli strain is utilized to demonstrate the effect of the insertion of orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway, or orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase, or an orf encoding just IPP isomerase, on production of lycopene as follows: Following the transformation of E. coli TOP10 F′ (Invitrogen) with pAC-LYC (Cunningham et al., J. Bacteriol. 182:5841-5848, 2000), transformed cells are isolated on LB/Cam (30 μg/ml) plates grown at 30° C. TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC competent cells are prepared by the CaCl₂ method (Sambrook et al., 1989) following growth in LB/Cam in darkness at 28° C. and 225 rpm to an optical density (A₆₀₀) of 0.6. Competent TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC cells are transformed with one of the following plasmids: pTrcHisB; pHKO9, a pTrcHisB derivative containing the entire mevalonate pathway; pHK10, a pTrcHisB derivative containing the entire mevalonate pathway plus the orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase; pHK11, a pTrcHisB derivative containing the entire mevalonate pathway plus the orf encoding S. pombe IPP isomerase; pHK12, a pTrcHisB derivative containing the orfencoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase; and pHK13, a pTrcHisB derivative containing the orf encoding S. pombe EPP isomerase. The bacterial strains described above, comprising pTHBN1 derivatives containing the mevalonate pathway orfs and/or an orf encoding IPP isomerase, are designated HK1, HK2, HK3, HK4, and HK5 respectively. The resulting transformants are isolated as colonies from LB/Cam/amp plates grown at 30° C. Single colonies of TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC/pTrcHisB and HKl (TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC/pHKO9) are used to individually inoculate 4 ml LB/Cam/amp cultures and grown overnight in the dark at 28° C. and 225 rpm. The cultures are serially diluted 10,000 to 100,000-fold, plated on LB/Cam/amp medium containing IPTG, and grown in the dark at rt for 2 to 10 days. The plates are visually examined for an increase in lycopene production as evident by a “darkening” of the light pink colored colonies that are present on the control plates corresponding to TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC/pTrcHisB. The same experiments are performed with strains HK2, HK3, HK4, and HK5 to determine, visually, the effect of the orfs contained within pHK10, pHK11, pHK12, and pHK13 on lycopene production in TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC cells. The quantification of the carotenoid lycopene in cells, identified as potential overproducers due to their darker color when compared to the color of TOP10 F′/pAC-LYC/pTHBN1 cells, is performed utilizing a spectrophotometric assay as described by Cunningham et al. (Cunningham et al., 2000). Increased production of lycopene in E. coli cells containing the entire mevalonate pathway or the entire mevalonate pathway plus an additional orf for IPP isomerase establishes that the presence in cells of an additional biosynthetic pathway for the formation of IPP or IPP and DMAPP enhances the production of isoprenoid compounds, such as carotenoids, that are derived from IPP and DMAPP.

EXAMPLE 15 Demonstration of Antibiotic Resistance Due to the Mevalonate Pathway in MEP Pathway Dependent Cells

[0219] In still another exemplified embodiment, E. coli cells are transformed with DNA containing orfs, which in their summation comprise the entire mevalonate pathway, and the resulting cells are tested for resistance to the antibiotic fosmidomycin as follows: Following the separate transformation of E. coli TOP10 F′ (Invitrogen) with pHKO2, pHKO3 and pHKO9, transformed cells are isolated on LB/Amp (50 /g/ml) plates grown at 30° C. Single colonies of TOP10 F′/pHKO2 (designated strain HK6), TOP10 F′/pHKO3 (designated strain HK7), and TOP 10 F′/pHKO9 (designated strain HK8), are used to individually inoculate 4 ml LB/amp cultures and grown overnight at 30° C., 225 rpm. The HK6 and HK7 cultures are serially diluted 10,000 to 100,000-fold and plated on LB containing fosmidomycin (20 μg/ml). The HK8 cultures are serially diluted 10,000 to 100,000-fold and plated on LB/ IPTG containing fosmidomycin (20 μg/ml) Controls are performed with cells comprising TOP10 F′ transformed with the parent vectors of pHKO2, pHKO3 and pHKO9, by plating on the appropriate medium containing fosmidomycin establishing that E. coli control cells are unable to grow on medium containing fosmidomycin. The ability of transformed E. coli cells to grow in the presence of the antibiotic fosmidomycin establishes that the inserted DNA, comprising the entire mevalonate pathway and thus an alternative biosynthetic route to IPP, is functional and can circumvent the inhibition of an enzyme in the trunk line of the MEP pathway.

EXAMPLE 16 Construction of Plastid Transformation Vectors

[0220] In a specific, exemplified embodiment, a plant plastid transformation vector containing a synthetic operon comprising orfs, which in their summation is the entire mevalonate pathway, is constructed as follows: Plasmid pHKO3, a pBluescript derivative containing all six mevalonate pathway orfs, is assembled by restriction of pFCO1 to yield a 3.9 Kb NotI-XhoI DNA fragments containing three mevalonate orfs and its subsequent insertion into the SalI-NotI sites of pHKO 1 by directional ligation as described above in EXAMPLE 8. The plastid transformation vehicle, pHK14 containing the entire mevalonate pathway is constructed as follows: Plastid vector pGS104 (Serino and Maliga, Plant J. 12:687-701, 1997) is restricted with NcoI-XbaI and the two resulting DNA fragment are separated by agarose gel electrophoresis. Following isolation of the larger DNA fragment by gel excision and its purification by GeneClean, the NcoI-XbaI 5′ overhangs are dephosphorylated using SAP and filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. The resulting blunt-ended, dephosphorylated DNA fragment derived from pGS104 is GeneClean purified. Following restriction of pHKO3 with EagI, isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 7.7 Kb DNA fragment is treated with Klenow and dNTPs to fill in the 5′ overhangs. The resulting blunt-ended DNA fragment containing the mevalonate pathway is purified by GeneClean and inserted into the dephosphorylated, Klenow-treated NcoI-XbaI sites of pGS104 by blunt-end ligation to yield pHK14.

[0221] Derivatives of pGS104 containing the entire mevalonate pathway plus an additional orf encoding IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: Following restriction of pHKO5 with NotI and treatment with Klenow and dNTPs, the resulting 8.2 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment, containing the six mevalonate pathway orfs plus an orf encoding R. capsulatus IPP isomerase, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the dephosphorylated, filled in NcoI-XbaI sites of pGS104 by blunt-end ligation to yield pHK15. Following restriction of pHKO6 with EagI and treatment with Klenow and dNTPs, the resulting 8.4 Kb blunt-ended DNA fragment, containing the six mevalonate pathway orfs plus an orf encoding S. pombe IPP isomerase, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean, and inserted into the dephosphorylated, filled in NcoI-XbaI sites of pGS104 by blunt-end ligation to yield pHK16.

[0222] Derivatives of pGS104 containing only an orf encoding IPP isomerase are constructed as follows: Following restriction of pBSIDI with BsaAI-EcoRV, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the resulting blunt-ended 0.5 Kb DNA fragment containing the R. capsulatus IPP isomerase orf is inserted into the dephosphorylated, filled in NcoI-XbaI sites of pGS104 by blunt-end ligation to yield pHK1 7. Following restriction of pIDI with BsaAI-SmaI, agarose gel electrophoresis and GeneClean purification, the resulting blunt-ended 0.7 Kb DNA fragment containing the S. pombe IPP isomerase orf is inserted into the dephosphorylated, filled in NcoI-XbaI sites of pGS104 by blunt-end ligation to yield pHKl 8.

EXAMPLE 17 Construction of Transplastomic Plants Containing Orfs Encoding the Mevalonate Pathway or Orfs Encoding the Mevalonate Pathway Coupled with IPP Isomerase

[0223] In another exemplified embodiment, tobacco is engineered at the plastid level by using any of the plastid transformation vectors described above, or their equivalents, such as variants of those plastid transformation vectors as can be routinely constructed by means known in the art and containing the orfs as taught and described above. Specifically, Nicotiana tabacum var. ‘Xanthi NC’ leaf sections (1×0.5 cm strips from in vitro plants with 3 to 5 cm long leaves) are centered in the dish, top side up and bombarded with 1 μm gold micro particles (Kota et al., 1999) coated with DNA containing orfs, which in their summation comprise the entire mevalonate pathway, using a PDS 1000 He device, at 1100 psi. Toxicity is evident in tobacco after three weeks of growth on medium containing the antibiotic fosmidomycin at a concentration of at least 500 micromolar. Transplastomic plants are recovered from leaf sections cultured under lights on standard RMOP shoot regeneration medium or on a Murashige-Skoog salts shoot regeneration medium with 3% sucrose, Gamborg's B5 vitamins, 2 mg/L 6-benzylamino-purine and Phytagel (2.7 g/L), containing 500 μM fosmidomycin for the direct selection of insertion of the entire mevalonate pathway into plastids. Alternatively, the regeneration medium contains an antibiotic, e.g. spectinomycin, for selection based on antibiotic resistance due to any co-transformed gene on the transforming DNA vector, as would be readily apparent to the skilled artisan. De novo green leaf tissue is visible after three weeks. Tissue is removed to undergo a second round of selection on shoot regeneration medium with 500 iM fosmidomycin to encourage homoplasmy and plants are rooted. Genomic DNA is isolated from T0 leaf tissue or T1 leaf tissue derived from in vitro germinated transplastomic seeds utilizing the DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen Inc, Valencia, Calif.) according to the manufacturer's instructions and is subjected to analysis as is known in the art to confirm homoplasmy. The ability to select directly for a transformation event corresponding to the successful insertion of the mevalonate pathway orfs into plastids establishes the use of orfs, which in their summation comprise the entire mevalonate pathway, as a selectable marker for plastid transformation. The construction of fosmidomycin resistant plants establishes the ability of the mevalonate pathway, when functioning in plant plastids, to provide an alternate biosynthetic route to IPP, thus overcoming the effect of an inhibitor targeting an enzyme in the trunk line of the MEP pathway.

EXAMPLE 18 Metabolic engineering in transplastomic Solanaceae Plants

[0224] In another exemplified embodiment, Solanaceae species are engineered at the plastid level using infA pseudogene insertion of a selectable marker and orfs for expression. Specifically, leaf sections of a genetically defined white petunia (or other petunia), are engineered, as for the Solanaceous species tobacco (see Example 16), using vectors pHK04 or pHKO7, or their equivalents, for insertion of orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway or orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase. Transplastomic Solanaceae plants containing orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase, and containing an additional orf encoding phytoene synthase, are created by insertion of a pBSNT27 (see Example 9) derived vector, constructed as follows:

[0225] A Rhodobacter capsulatus orf encoding a polypeptide with phytoene synthase activity is isolated by PCR from genomic DNA using the primers 1) 5′GCGATATCGGATCCAGGAGGACCATATGATCGCCGAAGCGGATATGGA (sense) (SEQ ID NO: 65) GGTCTGC 3′ 2) 5′GCGATATCAAGCTTGGATCCTCAATCCATCGCCAGGCCGCGGTCGCGC (antisense) (SEQ ID NO: 66) GC 3′

[0226] containing the restriction site BamHI shown underlined. The 1.1 Kb PCR product is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis, purified by GeneClean and inserted into the pT7Blue-3 vector (Novagen) using the Perfectly Blunt(Cloning Kit (Novagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequence analysis is performed to identify constructs containing R. capsulatus DNA identical to the published DNA sequence (SEQ ID NO: 71) and are designated pPHS. Following restriction of pPHS with BamHI, isolation by agarose gel electrophoresis, and purification by GeneClean, the 1.1 Kb BamHI DNA fragment containing the orf encoding R. capsulatus phytoene synthase is inserted into the BglII site of pBSNT27 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase((Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides 3) 5′CTTTCCTGAAACATAATTTATAATCAGATCCAGGAGGACCATATGA (SEQ ID NO: 67) TCGCCGAAGCGGAT 3′; and 4) 5′CGACCGCGGCCTGGCGATGGATTGAGGATCTAAACAAACCCGGAA (SEQ ID NO: 68) CAGACCGTTGGGAAG 3′;

[0227] to create plastid transformation vector pFHO5. Following restriction of pFHO5 with XcmI, a unique site in the infA pseudogene, and purification by GeneClean, the resulting 3′ overhangs are removed by treatment with Mung Bean nuclease and the resulting blunt-ended DNA fragment is purified by GeneClean. Vector pFHO3 is restricted with NotI and the resulting 8.3 Kb DNA fragment, containing Operon E, is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified by GeneClean. The 5′ overhangs of the isolated DNA fragment are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs and the resulting blunt end DNA fragment, containing Operon E, is inserted into the Mung Bean nuclease treated XcmI site of pFHO5 utilizing chain reaction cloning (Pachuk et al., 2000), thermostable Ampligase( (Epicentre Technologies, Madison, Wis.), and the bridging oligonucleotides 5) 5′ATTTTTCATCTCGAATTGTATTCCCACGAAGGCCGCGTCGACTACG (SEQ ID NO: 69) GCCGCAGGAGGAGT3′; and 6) 5′TTCGGATCGATCCTGCGCGGCTGAGCGGCCGGAATGGTGAAGTTG (SEQ ID NO: 70) AAAAACGAATCCTTC3′;

[0228] to create the plastid transformation vector pFHO6 (FIG. 17).

[0229] Alternatively, an orf encoding IPP isomerase can be inserted into the XcmI site of pFHO5, utilizing skills as known in the art, to create a plastid transformation vector containing both an orf encoding phytoene synthase and an orf encoding IPP isomerase. Another alternative uses the infA pseudogene as an insertion site for orfs, encoding phytoene synthase, and/or IPP isomerase, and/or the entire mevalonate pathway, linked with the aadA gene as is known in the art for selection of transplastomic plastids on 500 microgram per liter spectinomycin.

[0230] The BioRad PDS 100 He gene gun is used to deliver BioRad tungsten M10 (0.7 micron approx.) microspheres into petunia (Petunia hybrida ‘Mitchell’) leaves positioned top-side up. Intact leaves, or equivalent tissues of about 6-8 cm² per sample are plated onto shoot regeneration medium consisting of Murashige and Skoog basal medium, B5 vitamins, 3% sucrose, 0.7% (w/v) agar and 3 mg/l BA (6-benzylamino-purine), 0.1 mg/l IAA (Deroles and Gardner, Plant Molec. Biol. 11: 355-364, 1988) in 100×10 mm plastic Petri dishes. Leaves are centered in the target zone of the gene gun for bombardment at 1100 psi, third shelf from bottom, ˜5.6 cm gap, 28 mgHg vacuum. M10 microspheres are coated with DNA using standard procedures of CaCl₂ and spermidine precipitation, 1.5 to 2 ug DNA/bombardment. After bombardment, tissues are cultured in light in the presence of antibiotic (500 micromolar fosmidomycin). Each leaf sample is then cut into about 6 pieces and cultured on petunia shooting medium containing 500 micromolar fosmidomycin for 3 to 8 weeks, with subculture onto fresh medium every three weeks. Any green shoots are removed and leaves plated onto the same medium containing 500 micromolar fosmidomycin. Plantlets with at least four leaves and of solid green color (no bleaching on petioles or whorls) are transferred for rooting onto solidified hormone-free Murashige and Skoog salts with B5 vitamins and 2% sucrose and are grown to flowering. The dependency of increased carotenoid production in Solanacae on the combination of the orfs inserted, be it an orf encoding phytoene synthase alone; or orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and phytoene synthase; or orfs encoding phytoene synthase, the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase; or orfs for phytoene synthase and IPP isomerase, establishes that the addition of the mevalonate pathway and/or IPP isomerase to plant plastids enhances the production of isoprenoid compounds that are derived from IPP and DMAPP; and the suitability of a pseudogene insertion site for creating transplastomic Petunia.

EXAMPLE 19 Transformation of Microalgae

[0231] In a specific exemplified embodiment, chloroplast transformants are obtained by microprojectile bombardment of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells and subsequent selection on fosmidomycin. Specifically, a genecluster containing the complete mevalonate pathway is substituted, as a selectable marker, for the coding sequence of the aadA gene in the pUC18 derived vector containing 5-atpA:aadA:rbcL-3 (Goldschmidt-Clermont M., Nucleic Acids Res. 19:4083-4089, 1991) as follows: Plasmid pUC-atpX-AAD is restricted with NcoI, purified by GeneCleanand treated with Mung Bean nuclease to remove the resulting 5′ overhangs. Following GeneClean purification, the blunt ended DNA fragment is restricted with HindIf to remove the aadA orf and the remaining DNA fragment, containing approximately 653 base pairs of the C. reinhardtii atpA gene and approximately 437 base pairs of the C. reinhardtii rbcL gene (Goldschmidt-Clermont M., 1991), is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified by GeneClean. Plasmid pFHO4 is restricted with NdeI, purified by GeneClean, and the resulting 5 overhangs are filled in with Klenow and dNTPs. Following GeneClean purification, the blunt ended DNA fragment is restricted with HindIII and the resulting DNA fragment, containing Operon F (see FIG. 13), is isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified by GeneClean. The blunt end-HindIII fragment is inserted into the blunt end HindIII sites of the DNA fragment isolated from pUC-atpX-AAD by ligation resulting in the orf encoding S. cerevisiae acetoacetylCoA thiolase, located at the beginning of Operon F, to be in frame with the ATG start codon of the 5atpA DNA in pUC-atpX-AAD (Goldschmidt-Clermont M., 1991). The resulting modified yeast orf only encodes 2 extra amino acids, Met and Ser, appended to the N-terminal Met of the acetoacetylCoA thiolase polypeptide encoded by Operon F. The resulting chlamydomonas plastid transformation vector is designated pHK19. About 10,000 cells are spread on TAP plates containing 200 micromolar fosmidomycin, plates are dried, and then cells are immediately bombarded with M10 or 1 micron gold particles coated with about 2 micrograms of plasmid DNA using the PDS-1000 He gene gun, 1100 psi, fourth shelf from bottom, ˜2 cm gap, ˜28 mgHg vacuum (alternatively cells are spread over a Nytran nylon 0.45 micron membrane placed on top of TAP agar and bombarded without a drying phase). Plates are incubated in low light for two to three weeks before colonies are counted. Fosmidomycin-resistant colonies are green (vs yellowish for susceptible cells) and transformants are characterized using skills as known in the art. This demonstrates use of orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway as a selectable marker for green algae and by virtue of its functioning demonstrates its utility for overproduction of isoprenoid metabolites in microalgae.

EXAMPLE 20 Metabolic Engineering in Transplastomic Grain Crops (Rice)

[0232] In another exemplified embodiment, an operon comprising orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway are inserted into the plastids of rice as follows: A DNA fragment isolated from pHKO3, containing the complete mevalonate pathway, or from pFHO2, containing orfs encoding the entire mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase, is inserted into the NcoI-XbaI sites of plasmid pMSK49 to replace the gfp coding region adjacent to the coding region for streptomycin resistance, aadA; or inserted into the BstXI-NcoI digested DNA of plasmid pMSK48 using skills as is known in the art for direct selection on fosmidomycin. The resulting plasmids contain rice-specific insertion sequences of pMSK35 as described in Khan and Maliga, Nature Biotechnology 17: 910-914, 1999. Embryonic suspensions, induced as previously described (Khan and Maliga 1999), ofjaponica rice Oryza sativa ‘Taipei 309’ engineered with the beta-carotene pathway (Ye et al. Science 287:303-305) are plated into filter paper and bombarded with the PDS1000 He device as described in Example 17. After two days on non-selective medium and then one to two weeks in selective AA medium (Toriyama and Hinata, Plant Science 41: 179-183, 1985) tissue is transferred to agar solidified medium of MS salts, and vitamins, 100 mg/Lmyo-inositol, 4 mg/L6-benzylaminopurine, 0.5 mg/Lindoleacetic acid, 0.5 mg/L1-napthaleneacetic acide, 3% sucrose, 4% maltose and 100 mg/L streptomycin sulfate or 500 μM fosmidomycin. Transplastomic shoots appear following cultivation in the light after three weeks and leaf samples are analyzed for the operon by PCR.

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1 76 1 57 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA 1 ggactagtct gcaggaggag ttttaatgtc attaccgttc ttaacttctg caccggg 57 2 96 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 2 ttctcgagct taagagtagc aatatttacc ggagcagtta cactagcagt atatacagtc 60 attaaaactc ctcctgtgaa gtccatggta aattcg 96 3 56 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 3 tagcggccgc aggaggagtt catatgtcag agttgagagc cttcagtgcc ccaggg 56 4 36 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 4 tttctgcagt ttatcaagat aagtttccgg atcttt 36 5 41 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 5 ggaattcatg accgtttaca cagcatccgt taccgcaccc g 41 6 45 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 6 ggctcgagtt aaaactcctc ttcctttggt agaccagtct ttgcg 45 7 68 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Arabidopsis thaliana DNA 7 gctctagatg cgcaggaggc acatatggcg aagaacgttg ggattttggc tatggatatc 60 tatttccc 68 8 61 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA 8 cgctcgagtc gacggatcct cagtgtccat tggctacaga tccatcttca cctttcttgc 60 c 61 9 72 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA 9 ccgctcgagc acgtggaggc acatatgcaa tgctgtgaga tgcctgttgg atacattcag 60 attcctgttg gg 72 10 71 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing A. thaliana DNA 10 ggggtacctg cggccggatc ccgggtcatg ttgttgttgt tgtcgttgtc gttgctccag 60 agatgtctcg g 71 11 74 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 11 acaacaccgc ggcggccgcg tcgacgccgg cggaggcaca tatgtctcag aacgtttaca 60 ttgtatcgac tgcc 74 12 53 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. cerevisiae DNA 12 gctctagagg atcctcatat cttttcaatg acaatagagg aagcaccacc acc 53 13 65 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 13 gctctagata cgtaggaggc acatatgagt gagcttatac ccgcctgggt tggtgacaga 60 ctggc 65 14 61 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA 14 cgctcgagcc cgggggatcc tcagccgcgc aggatcgatc cgaaaatccg gtcaagatgg 60 c 61 15 72 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 15 gctctagata cgtaggaggc acatatgagt tcccaacaag agaaaaagga ttatgatgaa 60 gaacaattaa gg 72 16 59 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 16 cgctcgagcc cgggggatcc ttagcaacga tgaattaagg tatcttggaa ttttgacgc 59 17 6215 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Vector pBSNT27 containing Nicotiana tabacum DNA 17 gcacttttcg gggaaatgtg cgcggaaccc ctatttgttt atttttctaa atacattcaa 60 atatgtatcc gctcatgaga caataaccct gataaatgct tcaataatat tgaaaaagga 120 agagtatgag tattcaacat ttccgtgtcg cccttattcc cttttttgcg gcattttgcc 180 ttcctgtttt tgctcaccca gaaacgctgg tgaaagtaaa agatgctgaa gatcagttgg 240 gtgcacgagt gggttacatc gaactggatc tcaacagcgg taagatcctt gagagttttc 300 gccccgaaga acgttttcca atgatgagca cttttaaagt tctgctatgt ggcgcggtat 360 tatcccgtat tgacgccggg caagagcaac tcggtcgccg catacactat tctcagaatg 420 acttggttga gtactcacca gtcacagaaa agcatcttac ggatggcatg acagtaagag 480 aattatgcag tgctgccata accatgagtg ataacactgc ggccaactta cttctgacaa 540 cgatcggagg accgaaggag ctaaccgctt ttttgcacaa catgggggat catgtaactc 600 gccttgatcg ttgggaaccg gagctgaatg aagccatacc aaacgacgag cgtgacacca 660 cgatgcctgt agcaatggca acaacgttgc gcaaactatt aactggcgaa ctacttactc 720 tagcttcccg gcaacaatta atagactgga tggaggcgga taaagttgca ggaccacttc 780 tgcgctcggc ccttccggct ggctggttta ttgctgataa atctggagcc ggtgagcgtg 840 ggtctcgcgg tatcattgca gcactggggc cagatggtaa gccctcccgt atcgtagtta 900 tctacacgac ggggagtcag gcaactatgg atgaacgaaa tagacagatc gctgagatag 960 gtgcctcact gattaagcat tggtaactgt cagaccaagt ttactcatat atactttaga 1020 ttgatttaaa acttcatttt taatttaaaa ggatctaggt gaagatcctt tttgataatc 1080 tcatgaccaa aatcccttaa cgtgagtttt cgttccactg agcgtcagac cccgtagaaa 1140 agatcaaagg atcttcttga gatccttttt ttctgcgcgt aatctgctgc ttgcaaacaa 1200 aaaaaccacc gctaccagcg gtggtttgtt tgccggatca agagctacca actctttttc 1260 cgaaggtaac tggcttcagc agagcgcaga taccaaatac tgtccttcta gtgtagccgt 1320 agttaggcca ccacttcaag aactctgtag caccgcctac atacctcgct ctgctaatcc 1380 tgttaccagt ggctgctgcc agtggcgata agtcgtgtct taccgggttg gactcaagac 1440 gatagttacc ggataaggcg cagcggtcgg gctgaacggg gggttcgtgc acacagccca 1500 gcttggagcg aacgacctac accgaactga gatacctaca gcgtgagcta tgagaaagcg 1560 ccacgcttcc cgaagggaga aaggcggaca ggtatccggt aagcggcagg gtcggaacag 1620 gagagcgcac gagggagctt ccagggggaa acgcctggta tctttatagt cctgtcgggt 1680 ttcgccacct ctgacttgag cgtcgatttt tgtgatgctc gtcagggggg cggagcctat 1740 ggaaaaacgc cagcaacgcg gcctttttac ggttcctggc cttttgctgg ccttttgctc 1800 acatgttctt tcctgcgtta tcccctgatt ctgtggataa ccgtattacc gcctttgagt 1860 gagctgatac cgctcgccgc agccgaacga ccgagcgcag cgagtcagtg agcgaggaag 1920 cggaagagcg cccaatacgc aaaccgcctc tccccgcgcg ttggccgatt cattaatgca 1980 gctggcacga caggtttccc gactggaaag cgggcagtga gcgcaacgca attaatgtga 2040 gttagctcac tcattaggca ccccaggctt tacactttat gcttccggct cgtatgttgt 2100 gtggaattgt gagcggataa caatttcaca caggaaacag ctatgaccat gattacgcca 2160 agctcgaaat taaccctcac taaagggaac aaaagctgga gctccaccgc ggtggcggcc 2220 gctctagaac tagtggatct tcttggctgt tattcaaaag gtccaacaat gtatatatat 2280 tggacatttt gaggcaatta tagatcctgg aaggcaattc tgattggtca ataaaaatcg 2340 atttcaatgc tatttttttt ttgtttttta tgagtttagc caatttatca tgaaaggtaa 2400 aaggggataa aggaaccgtg tgttgattgt cctgtaaata taagttgtct tcctccatat 2460 gtaaaaaggg aataaataaa tcaattaaat ttcgggatgc ttcatgaagt gcttctttcg 2520 gagttaaact tccgtttgtc catatttcga gaaaaagtat ctcttgtttt tcattcccat 2580 tcccataaga atgaatacta tgattcgcgt ttcgaacagg catgaataca gcatctatag 2640 gataacttcc atcttgaaag ttatgtggcg tttttataag atatccacga tttctctcta 2700 tttgtaatcc aatacaaaaa tcaattggtt ccgttaaact ggctatatgt tgtgtattat 2760 caacgatttc tacataaggc ggcaagatga tatcttgggc agttacagat ccaggaccct 2820 tgacacaaat agatgcgtca gaagttccat atagattact tcttaatata atttctttca 2880 aattcattaa aatttcatgt accgattctt gaatgcccgt tatggtagaa tattcatgtg 2940 ggactttctc agattttaca cgtgtgatac atgttccttc tatttctcca agtaaagctc 3000 ttcgcatcgc aatgcctatt gtgtcggctt ggcctttcat aagtggagac agaataaagc 3060 gtccataata aaggcgttta ctgtctgttc ttgattcaac acacttccac tgtagtgtcc 3120 gagtagatac tgttactttc tctcgaacca tagtactatt atttgattag atcatcgaat 3180 cttttatttc tcttgagatt tcttcaatgt tcagttctac acacgtcttt ttttcggagg 3240 tctacagcca ttatgtggca taggagttac atcccgtacg aaagttaata gtataccact 3300 tcgacgaata gctcgtaatg ctgcatctct tccgagaccg ggacctttta tcatgacttc 3360 tgctcgttgc ataccttgat ccactactgt acggatagcg tttgctgctg cggtttgagc 3420 agcaaacggt gttcctcttc tcgtaccttt gaatccagaa gtaccggcgg aggaccaaga 3480 aactactcga ccccgtacat ctgtaacagt gacaatggta ttattgaaac ttgcttgaac 3540 atgaataact ccctttggta ttctacgtgc acccttacgt gaaccaatac gtccattcct 3600 acgcgaacta attttcggta tagcttttgc catattttat catctcgtaa atatgagtca 3660 gagatatatg gatatatcca tttcatgtca aaacagattc tttatttgta catcggctct 3720 tctggcaagt ctgattatcc ctgtctttgt ttatgtctcg ggttggaaca aattactata 3780 attcgtcccc gcctacggat tagtcgacat ttttcacaaa ttttacgaac ggaagctctt 3840 attttcatat ttctcattcc ttaccttaat tctgaatcta tttcttggaa gaaaataagt 3900 ttcttgaaat ttttcatctc gaattgtatt cccacgaaag gaatggtgaa gttgaaaaac 3960 gaatccttca aatctttgtt gtggagtcga taaattatac gccctttggt tgaatcataa 4020 ggacttactt caattttgac tctatctcct ggcagtatcc gtataaaact atgccggatc 4080 tttcctgaaa cataatttat aatcagatct aaacaaaccc ggaacagacc gttgggaagc 4140 gattcagtaa ttaaagcttc atgactcctt tttggttctt aaagtccctt tgaggtatca 4200 actaataaga aagatattag acaacccccc ttttttcttt ttcacaaata ggaagtttcg 4260 aatccaattt ggatattaaa aggattacca gatataacac aaaatctctc cacctattcc 4320 ttctagtcga gcctctcggt ctgtcattat acctcgagaa gtagaaagaa ttacaatccc 4380 cattccacct aaaattcgcg gaattcgttg ataattagaa tagattcgta gaccaggtcg 4440 actgattcgt tttaaattta aaatatttct atagggtctt ttcctattcc ttctatgtcg 4500 cagggttaaa accaaaaaat atttgttttt ttctcgatgt tttctcacgt tttcgataaa 4560 accttctcgt aaaagtattt gaacaatatt ttcggtaata ttagtagatg ctattcgaac 4620 cacccttttt cgatccatat cagcatttcg tatagaagtt attatctcag caatagtgtc 4680 cctacccatg atgaactaaa attattgggg cctccaaatt tgatataatc aacgtgtttt 4740 ttacttattt tttttttgaa tatgatatga attattaaag atatatgcgt gagacacaat 4800 ctactaatta atctatttct ttcaaatacc ccactagaaa cagatcacaa tttcatttta 4860 taatacctcg ggagctaatg aaactatttt agtaaaattt aattctctca attcccgggc 4920 gattgcacca aaaattcgag ttccttttga tttccttcct tcttgatcaa taacaactgc 4980 agcattgtca tcatatcgta ttatcatccc gttgtcacgt ttgagttctt tacaggtccg 5040 cacaattaca gctctgacta cttctgatct ttctaggggc atatttggta cggcttcttt 5100 gatcacagca acaataacgt caccaatatg agcatatcga cgattgctag ctcctatgat 5160 tcgaatacac atcaattctc gagccccgct gttatccgct acatttaaat gggtctgagg 5220 ttgaatcatt tttttaatcc gttctttgaa tgcaaagggc gaagaaaaaa aagaaatatt 5280 tttgtccaaa aaaaaagaaa catgcggttt cgtttcatat ctaagagccc tttccgcatt 5340 tttttctatt acattacgaa ataatgaatt gagttcgtat aggcatttta gatgctgcta 5400 gtgaaatagc ccttctggct atattttctg ttactccacc catttcataa agtattcgac 5460 ccggtttaac aacagctacc caatattcag gggatccccc gggctgcagg aattcgatat 5520 caagcttatc gataccgtcg acctcgaggg ggggcccggt acccaattcg ccctatagtg 5580 agtcgtatta caattcactg gccgtcgttt tacaacgtcg tgactgggaa aaccctggcg 5640 ttacccaact taatcgcctt gcagcacatc cccctttcgc cagctggcgt aatagcgaag 5700 aggcccgcac cgatcgccct tcccaacagt tgcgcagcct gaatggcgaa tgggacgcgc 5760 cctgtagcgg cgcattaagc gcggcgggtg tggtggttac gcgcagcgtg accgctacac 5820 ttgccagcgc cctagcgccc gctcctttcg ctttcttccc ttcctttctc gccacgttcg 5880 ccggctttcc ccgtcaagct ctaaatcggg ggctcccttt agggttccga tttagtgctt 5940 tacggcacct cgaccccaaa aaacttgatt agggtgatgg ttcacgtagt gggccatcgc 6000 cctgatagac ggtttttcgc cctttgacgt tggagtccac gttctttaat agtggactct 6060 tgttccaaac tggaacaaca ctcaacccta tctcggtcta ttcttttgat ttataaggga 6120 ttttgccgat ttcggcctat tggttaaaaa atgagctgat ttaacaaaaa tttaacgcga 6180 attttaacaa aatattaacg cttacaattt aggtg 6215 18 1332 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA 18 atgtcattac cgttcttaac ttctgcaccg ggaaaggtta ttatttttgg tgaacactct 60 gctgtgtaca acaagcctgc cgtcgctgct agtgtgtctg cgttgagaac ctacctgcta 120 ataagcgagt catctgcacc agatactatt gaattggact tcccggacat tagctttaat 180 cataagtggt ccatcaatga tttcaatgcc atcaccgagg atcaagtaaa ctcccaaaaa 240 ttggccaagg ctcaacaagc caccgatggc ttgtctcagg aactcgttag tcttttggat 300 ccgttgttag ctcaactatc cgaatccttc cactaccatg cagcgttttg tttcctgtat 360 atgtttgttt gcctatgccc ccatgccaag aatattaagt tttctttaaa gtctacttta 420 cccatcggtg ctgggttggg ctcaagcgcc tctatttctg tatcactggc cttagctatg 480 gcctacttgg gggggttaat aggatctaat gacttggaaa agctgtcaga aaacgataag 540 catatagtga atcaatgggc cttcataggt gaaaagtgta ttcacggtac cccttcagga 600 atagataacg ctgtggccac ttatggtaat gccctgctat ttgaaaaaga ctcacataat 660 ggaacaataa acacaaacaa ttttaagttc ttagatgatt tcccagccat tccaatgatc 720 ctaacctata ctagaattcc aaggtctaca aaagatcttg ttgctcgcgt tcgtgtgttg 780 gtcaccgaga aatttcctga agttatgaag ccaattctag atgccatggg tgaatgtgcc 840 ctacaaggct tagagatcat gactaagtta agtaaatgta aaggcaccga tgacgaggct 900 gtagaaacta ataatgaact gtatgaacaa ctattggaat tgataagaat aaatcatgga 960 ctgcttgtct caatcggtgt ttctcatcct ggattagaac ttattaaaaa tctgagcgat 1020 gatttgagaa ttggctccac aaaacttacc ggtgctggtg gcggcggttg ctctttgact 1080 ttgttacgaa gagacattac tcaagagcaa attgacagct tcaaaaagaa attgcaagat 1140 gattttagtt acgagacatt tgaaacagac ttgggtggga ctggctgctg tttgttaagc 1200 gcaaaaaatt tgaataaaga tcttaaaatc aaatccctag tattccaatt atttgaaaat 1260 aaaactacca caaagcaaca aattgacgat ctattattgc caggaaacac gaatttacca 1320 tggacttcat aa 1332 19 1191 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and A. thaliana DNA 19 atgaccgttt acacagcatc cgttaccgca cccgtcaaca tcgcaaccct taagtattgg 60 gggaaaaggg acacgaagtt gaatctgccc accaattcgt ccatatcagt gactttatcg 120 caagatgacc tcagaacgtt gacctctgcg gctactgcac ctgagtttga acgcgacact 180 ttgtggttaa atggagaacc acacagcatc gacaatgaaa gaactcaaaa ttgtctgcgc 240 gacctacgcc aattaagaaa ggaaatggaa tcgaaggacg cctcattgcc cacattatct 300 caatggaaac tccacattgt ctccgaaaat aactttccta cagcagctgg tttagcttcc 360 tccgctgctg gctttgctgc attggtctct gcaattgcta agttatacca attaccacag 420 tcaacttcag aaatatctag aatagcaaga aaggggtctg gttcagcttg tagatcgttg 480 tttggcggat acgtggcctg ggaaatggga aaagctgaag atggtcatga ttccatggca 540 gtacaaatcg cagacagctc tgactggcct cagatgaaag cttgtgtcct agttgtcagc 600 gatattaaaa aggatgtgag ttccactcag ggtatgcaat tgaccgtggc aacctccgaa 660 ctatttaaag aaagaattga acatgtcgta ccaaagagat ttgaagtcat gcgtaaagcc 720 attgttgaaa aagatttcgc cacctttgca aaggaaacaa tgatggattc caactctttc 780 catgccacat gtttggactc tttccctcca atattctaca tgaatgacac ttccaagcgt 840 atcatcagtt ggtgccacac cattaatcag ttttacggag aaacaatcgt tgcatacacg 900 tttgatgcag gtccaaatgc tgtgttgtac tacttagctg aaaatgagtc gaaactcttt 960 gcatttatct ataaattgtt tggctctgtt cctggatggg acaagaaatt tactactgag 1020 cagcttgagg ctttcaacca tcaatttgaa tcatctaact ttactgcacg tgaattggat 1080 cttgagttgc aaaaggatgt tgccagagtg attttaactc aagtcggttc aggcccacaa 1140 gaaacaaacg aatctttgat tgacgcaaag actggtctac caaaggaata a 1191 20 1197 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Rhodobacter capsulatus DNA 20 atgtctcaga acgtttacat tgtatcgact gccagaaccc caattggttc attccagggt 60 tctctatcct ccaagacagc agtggaattg ggtgctgttg ctttaaaagg cgccttggct 120 aaggttccag aattggatgc atccaaggat tttgacgaaa ttatttttgg taacgttctt 180 tctgccaatt tgggccaagc tccggccaga caagttgctt tggctgccgg tttgagtaat 240 catatcgttg caagcacagt taacaaggtc tgtgcatccg ctatgaaggc aatcattttg 300 ggtgctcaat ccatcaaatg tggtaatgct gatgttgtcg tagctggtgg ttgtgaatct 360 atgactaacg caccatacta catgccagca gcccgtgcgg gtgccaaatt tggccaaact 420 gttcttgttg atggtgtcga aagagatggg ttgaacgatg cgtacgatgg tctagccatg 480 ggtgtacacg cagaaaagtg tgcccgtgat tgggatatta ctagagaaca acaagacaat 540 tttgccatcg aatcctacca aaaatctcaa aaatctcaaa aggaaggtaa attcgacaat 600 gaaattgtac ctgttaccat taagggattt agaggtaagc ctgatactca agtcacgaag 660 gacgaggaac ctgctagatt acacgttgaa aaattgagat ctgcaaggac tgttttccaa 720 aaagaaaacg gtactgttac tgccgctaac gcttctccaa tcaacgatgg tgctgcagcc 780 gtcatcttgg tttccgaaaa agttttgaag gaaaagaatt tgaagccttt ggctattatc 840 aaaggttggg gtgaggccgc tcatcaacca gctgatttta catgggctcc atctcttgca 900 gttccaaagg ctttgaaaca tgctggcatc gaagacatca attctgttga ttactttgaa 960 ttcaatgaag ccttttcggt tgtcggtttg gtgaacacta agattttgaa gctagaccca 1020 tctaaggtta atgtatatgg tggtgctgtt gctctaggtc acccattggg ttgttctggt 1080 gctagagtgg ttgttacact gctatccatc ttacagcaag aaggaggtaa gatcggtgtt 1140 gccgccattt gtaatggtgg tggtggtgct tcctctattg tcattgaaaa gatatga 1197 21 1386 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing R. capsulatus DNA 21 atggcgaaga acgttgggat tttggctatg gatatctatt tccctcccac ctgtgttcaa 60 caggaagctt tggaagcaca tgatggagca agtaaaggga aatacactat tggacttggc 120 caagattgtt tagctttttg cactgagctt gaagatgtta tctctatgag tttcaatgcg 180 gtgacatcac tttttgagaa gtataagatt gaccctaacc aaatcgggcg tcttgaagta 240 ggaagtgaga ctgttattga caaaagcaag tccatcaaga ccttcttgat gcagctcttt 300 gagaaatgtg gaaacactga tgtcgaaggt gttgactcga ccaatgcttg ctatggtgga 360 actgcagctt tgttaaactg tgtcaattgg gttgagagta actcttggga tggacgttat 420 ggcctcgtca tttgtactga cagcgcggtt tatgcagaag gacccgcaag gcccactgga 480 ggagctgcag cgattgctat gttgatagga cctgatgctc ctatcgtttt cgaaagcaaa 540 ttgagagcaa gccacatggc tcatgtctat gacttttaca agcccaatct tgctagcgag 600 tacccggttg ttgatggtaa gctttcacag acttgctacc tcatggctct tgactcctgc 660 tataaacatt tatgcaacaa gttcgagaag atcgagggca aagagttctc cataaatgat 720 gctgattaca ttgttttcca ttctccatac aataaacttg tacagaaaag ctttgctcgt 780 ctcttgtaca acgacttctt gagaaacgca agctccattg acgaggctgc caaagaaaag 840 ttcacccctt attcatcttt gacccttgac gagagttacc aaagccgtga tcttgaaaag 900 gtgtcacaac aaatttcgaa accgttttat gatgctaaag tgcaaccaac gactttaata 960 ccaaaggaag tcggtaacat gtacactgct tctctctacg ctgcatttgc ttccctcatc 1020 cacaataaac acaatgattt ggcgggaaag cgggtggtta tgttctctta tggaagtggc 1080 tccaccgcaa caatgttctc attacgcctc aacgacaata agcctccttt cagcatttca 1140 aacattgcat ctgtaatgga tgttggcggt aaattgaaag ctagacatga gtatgcacct 1200 gagaagtttg tggagacaat gaagctaatg gaacataggt atggagcaaa ggactttgtg 1260 acaaccaagg agggtattat agatcttttg gcaccgggaa cttattatct gaaagaggtt 1320 gattccttgt accggagatt ctatggcaag aaaggtgaag atggatctgt agccaatgga 1380 cactga 1386 22 1779 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA 22 atggatctcc gtcggaggcc tcctaaacca ccggttacca acaacaacaa ctccaacgga 60 tctttccgtt cttatcagcc tcgcacttcc gatgacgatc atcgtcgccg ggctacaaca 120 attgctcctc caccgaaagc atccgacgcg cttcctcttc cgttatatct cacaaacgcc 180 gttttcttca cgctcttctt ctccgtcgcg tattacctcc tccaccggtg gcgtgacaag 240 atccgttaca atacgcctct tcacgtcgtc actatcacag aactcggcgc cattattgct 300 ctcatcgctt cgtttatcta tctcctaggg ttttttggta ttgactttgt tcagtcattt 360 atctcacgtg cctctggtga tgcttgggat ctcgccgata cgatcgatga tgatgaccac 420 cgccttgtca cgtgctctcc accgactccg atcgtttccg ttgctaaatt acctaatccg 480 gaacctattg ttaccgaatc gcttcctgag gaagacgagg agattgtgaa atcggttatc 540 gacggagtta ttccatcgta ctcgcttgaa tctcgtctcg gtgattgcaa aagagcggcg 600 tcgattcgtc gtgaggcgtt gcagagagtc accgggagat cgattgaagg gttaccgttg 660 gatggatttg attatgaatc gattttgggg caatgctgtg agatgcctgt tggatacatt 720 cagattcctg ttgggattgc tggtccattg ttgcttgatg gttatgagta ctctgttcct 780 atggctacaa ccgaaggttg tttggttgct agcactaaca gaggctgcaa ggctatgttt 840 atctctggtg gcgccaccag taccgttctt aaggacggta tgacccgagc acctgttgtt 900 cggttcgctt cggcgagacg agcttcggag cttaagtttt tcttggagaa tccagagaac 960 tttgatactt tggcagtagt cttcaacagg tcgagtagat ttgcaagact gcaaagtgtt 1020 aaatgcacaa tcgcggggaa gaatgcttat gtaaggttct gttgtagtac tggtgatgct 1080 atggggatga atatggtttc taaaggtgtg cagaatgttc ttgagtatct taccgatgat 1140 ttccctgaca tggatgtgat tggaatctct ggtaacttct gttcggacaa gaaacctgct 1200 gctgtgaact ggattgaggg acgtggtaaa tcagttgttt gcgaggctgt aatcagagga 1260 gagatcgtga acaaggtctt gaaaacgagc gtggctgctt tagtcgagct caacatgctc 1320 aagaacctag ctggctctgc tgttgcaggc tctctaggtg gattcaacgc tcatgccagt 1380 aacatagtgt ctgctgtatt catagctact ggccaagatc cagctcaaaa cgtggagagt 1440 tctcaatgca tcaccatgat ggaagctatt aatgacggca aagatatcca tatctcagtc 1500 actatgccat ctatcgaggt ggggacagtg ggaggaggaa cacagcttgc atctcaatca 1560 gcgtgtttaa acctgctcgg agttaaagga gcaagcacag agtcgccggg aatgaacgca 1620 aggaggctag cgacgatcgt agccggagca gttttagctg gagagttatc tttaatgtca 1680 gcaattgcag ctggacagct tgtgagaagt cacatgaaat acaatagatc cagccgagac 1740 atctctggag caacgacaac gacaacaaca acaacatga 1779 23 684 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing S. pombe DNA 23 atgagttccc aacaagagaa aaaggattat gatgaagaac aattaaggtt gatggaagaa 60 gtttgtatcg ttgtagatga aaatgatgtc cctttaagat atggaacgaa aaaggagtgt 120 catttgatgg aaaatataaa taaaggtctt ttgcatagag cattctctat gttcatcttt 180 gatgagcaaa atcgcctttt acttcagcag cgtgcagaag agaaaattac atttccatcc 240 ttatggacga atacatgttg ctcccaccca ttggatgttg ctggtgaacg tggtaatact 300 ttacctgaag ctgttgaagg tgttaagaat gcagctcaac gcaagctgtt ccatgaattg 360 ggtattcaag ccaagtatat tcccaaagac aaatttcagt ttcttacacg aatccattac 420 cttgctccta gtactggtgc ttggggagag catgaaattg actacattct tttcttcaaa 480 ggtaaagttg agctggatat caatcccaat gaagttcaag cctataagta tgttactatg 540 gaagagttaa aagagatgtt ttccgatcct caatatggat tcacaccatg gttcaaactt 600 atttgtgagc attttatgtt taaatggtgg caggatgtag atcatgcgtc aaaattccaa 660 gataccttaa ttcatcgttg ctaa 684 24 531 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA 24 atgagtgagc ttatacccgc ctgggttggt gacagactgg ctccggtgga caagttggag 60 gtgcatttga aagggctccg ccacaaggcg gtgtctgttt tcgtcatgga tggcgaaaac 120 gtgctgatcc agcgccgctc ggaggagaaa tatcactctc ccgggctttg ggcgaacacc 180 tgctgcaccc atccgggctg gaccgaacgc cccgaggaat gcgcggtgcg gcggctgcgc 240 gaggagctgg ggatcaccgg gctttatccc gcccatgccg accggctgga atatcgcgcc 300 gatgtcggcg gcggcatgat cgagcatgag gtggtcgaca tctatctggc ctatgccaaa 360 ccgcatatgc ggatcacccc cgatccgcgc gaagtggccg aggtgcgctg gatcggcctt 420 tacgatctgg cggccgaggc cggtcggcat cccgagcggt tctcgaaatg gctcaacatc 480 tatctgtcga gccatcttga ccggattttc ggatcgatcc tgcgcggctg a 531 25 65 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA 25 ggggtaccgc ggccgcacgc gtctatgcac caacctttgc ggtcttgttg tcgcgttcca 60 gctgg 65 26 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 26 gagctccacc gcggcggccg cgtcgactac ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt 60 27 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 27 tctaccaaag gaagaggagt tttaactcga gtaggaggca catatgtctc agaacgttta 60 28 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 and R. capsulatus DNA 28 caagaccgca aaggttggtg catagacgcg gtaaggaggc acatatgagt gagcttatac 60 29 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA 29 cctgcgcggc tgagcggccg cggatccgat cgcgtgcggc cgcggtaccc aattcgccct 60 30 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 and S. cerevisiae DNA 30 tgtcattgaa aagatatgag gatcctctag gtacttccct ggcgtgtgca gcggttgacg 60 31 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA 31 cgattccgca ttatcggtac gggtgcctac ctagaactag tggatccccc gggctgcagg 60 32 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA 32 ctttcctgaa acataattta taatcagatc ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt 60 33 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA 33 ttcggatcga tcctgcgcgg ctgagcggcc gatctaaaca aacccggaac agaccgttgg 60 34 59 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. cerevisiae DNA 34 ctttcctgaa acataattta taatcagatc ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagt 59 35 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and S. pombe DNA 35 tcgttgctaa ggatcccccg ggatccggcc gatctaaaca aacccggaac agaccgttgg 60 36 13 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing NotI restriction site 36 catggcggcc gcg 13 37 13 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing NotI restriction site 37 gatccgcggc cgc 13 38 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 38 ttaaataagg aggaataaac catggcggcc gcaggaggag ttcatatgtc agagttgaga 60 39 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing A. thaliana DNA 39 aacaacaaca acatgacccg ggatccggcc gcgatccgag ctcgagatct gcagctggta 60 40 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 40 tcgattaaat aaggaggaat aaaccatggc ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt 60 41 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA 41 gattttcgga tcgatcctgc gcggctgagc ggccgcgatc cgagctcgag atctgcagct 60 42 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. cerevisiae DNA 42 tcgattaaat aaggaggaat aaaccatggc ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt 60 43 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA 43 ttcatcgttg ctaaggatcc cccgggatcc ggccgcgatc cgagctcgag atctgcagct 60 44 61 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA 44 ttaaataagg aggaataaac catggcggcc gtaaggaggc acatatgagt gagcttatac 60 t 61 45 61 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing R. capsulatus DNA 45 gcctgcgcgg ctgagcggcc gcggatccga tggccgcgat ccgagctcga gatctgcagc 60 t 61 46 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA 46 ttaaataagg aggaataaac catggcggcc gtaggaggca catatgagtt cccaacaaga 60 47 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing S. pombe DNA 47 accttaattc atcgttgcta aggatccccc ggccgcgatc cgagctcgag atctgcagct 60 48 1356 DNA Saccharomyces cerevisiae 48 atgtcagagt tgagagcctt cagtgcccca gggaaagcgt tactagctgg tggatattta 60 gttttagata caaaatatga agcatttgta gtcggattat cggcaagaat gcatgctgta 120 gcccatcctt acggttcatt gcaagggtct gataagtttg aagtgcgtgt gaaaagtaaa 180 caatttaaag atggggagtg gctgtaccat ataagtccta aaagtggctt cattcctgtt 240 tcgataggcg gatctaagaa ccctttcatt gaaaaagtta tcgctaacgt atttagctac 300 tttaaaccta acatggacga ctactgcaat agaaacttgt tcgttattga tattttctct 360 gatgatgcct accattctca ggaggatagc gttaccgaac atcgtggcaa cagaagattg 420 agttttcatt cgcacagaat tgaagaagtt cccaaaacag ggctgggctc ctcggcaggt 480 ttagtcacag ttttaactac agctttggcc tccttttttg tatcggacct ggaaaataat 540 gtagacaaat atagagaagt tattcataat ttagcacaag ttgctcattg tcaagctcag 600 ggtaaaattg gaagcgggtt tgatgtagcg gcggcagcat atggatctat cagatataga 660 agattcccac ccgcattaat ctctaatttg ccagatattg gaagtgctac ttacggcagt 720 aaactggcgc atttggttga tgaagaagac tggaatatta cgattaaaag taaccattta 780 ccttcgggat taactttatg gatgggcgat attaagaatg gttcagaaac agtaaaactg 840 gtccagaagg taaaaaattg gtatgattcg catatgccag aaagcttgaa aatatataca 900 gaactcgatc atgcaaattc tagatttatg gatggactat ctaaactaga tcgcttacac 960 gagactcatg acgattacag cgatcagata tttgagtctc ttgagaggaa tgactgtacc 1020 tgtcaaaagt atcctgaaat cacagaagtt agagatgcag ttgccacaat tagacgttcc 1080 tttagaaaaa taactaaaga atctggtgcc gatatcgaac ctcccgtaca aactagctta 1140 ttggatgatt gccagacctt aaaaggagtt cttacttgct taatacctgg tgctggtggt 1200 tatgacgcca ttgcagtgat tactaagcaa gatgttgatc ttagggctca aaccgctaat 1260 gacaaaagat tttctaaggt tcaatggctg gatgtaactc aggctgactg gggtgttagg 1320 aaagaaaaag atccggaaac ttatcttgat aaataa 1356 49 1332 DNA Saccharomyces cerevisiae 49 atgtcattac cgttcttaac ttctgcaccg ggaaaggtta ttatttttgg tgaacactct 60 gctgtgtaca acaagcctgc cgtcgctgct agtgtgtctg cgttgagaac ctacctgcta 120 ataagcgagt catctgcacc agatactatt gaattggact tcccggacat tagctttaat 180 cataagtggt ccatcaatga tttcaatgcc atcaccgagg atcaagtaaa ctcccaaaaa 240 ttggccaagg ctcaacaagc caccgatggc ttgtctcagg aactcgttag tcttttggat 300 ccgttgttag ctcaactatc cgaatccttc cactaccatg cagcgttttg tttcctgtat 360 atgtttgttt gcctatgccc ccatgccaag aatattaagt tttctttaaa gtctacttta 420 cccatcggtg ctgggttggg ctcaagcgcc tctatttctg tatcactggc cttagctatg 480 gcctacttgg gggggttaat aggatctaat gacttggaaa agctgtcaga aaacgataag 540 catatagtga atcaatgggc cttcataggt gaaaagtgta ttcacggtac cccttcagga 600 atagataacg ctgtggccac ttatggtaat gccctgctat ttgaaaaaga ctcacataat 660 ggaacaataa acacaaacaa ttttaagttc ttagatgatt tcccagccat tccaatgatc 720 ctaacctata ctagaattcc aaggtctaca aaagatcttg ttgctcgcgt tcgtgtgttg 780 gtcaccgaga aatttcctga agttatgaag ccaattctag atgccatggg tgaatgtgcc 840 ctacaaggct tagagatcat gactaagtta agtaaatgta aaggcaccga tgacgaggct 900 gtagaaacta ataatgaact gtatgaacaa ctattggaat tgataagaat aaatcatgga 960 ctgcttgtct caatcggtgt ttctcatcct ggattagaac ttattaaaaa tctgagcgat 1020 gatttgagaa ttggctccac aaaacttacc ggtgctggtg gcggcggttg ctctttgact 1080 ttgttacgaa gagacattac tcaagagcaa attgacagct tcaaaaagaa attgcaagat 1140 gattttagtt acgagacatt tgaaacagac ttgggtggga ctggctgctg tttgttaagc 1200 gcaaaaaatt tgaataaaga tcttaaaatc aaatccctag tattccaatt atttgaaaat 1260 aaaactacca caaagcaaca aattgacgat ctattattgc caggaaacac gaatttacca 1320 tggacttcat aa 1332 50 1191 DNA Saccharomyces cerevisiae 50 atgaccgttt acacagcatc cgttaccgca cccgtcaaca tcgcaaccct taagtattgg 60 gggaaaaggg acacgaagtt gaatctgccc accaattcgt ccatatcagt gactttatcg 120 caagatgacc tcagaacgtt gacctctgcg gctactgcac ctgagtttga acgcgacact 180 ttgtggttaa atggagaacc acacagcatc gacaatgaaa gaactcaaaa ttgtctgcgc 240 gacctacgcc aattaagaaa ggaaatggaa tcgaaggacg cctcattgcc cacattatct 300 caatggaaac tccacattgt ctccgaaaat aactttccta cagcagctgg tttagcttcc 360 tccgctgctg gctttgctgc attggtctct gcaattgcta agttatacca attaccacag 420 tcaacttcag aaatatctag aatagcaaga aaggggtctg gttcagcttg tagatcgttg 480 tttggcggat acgtggcctg ggaaatggga aaagctgaag atggtcatga ttccatggca 540 gtacaaatcg cagacagctc tgactggcct cagatgaaag cttgtgtcct agttgtcagc 600 gatattaaaa aggatgtgag ttccactcag ggtatgcaat tgaccgtggc aacctccgaa 660 ctatttaaag aaagaattga acatgtcgta ccaaagagat ttgaagtcat gcgtaaagcc 720 attgttgaaa aagatttcgc cacctttgca aaggaaacaa tgatggattc caactctttc 780 catgccacat gtttggactc tttccctcca atattctaca tgaatgacac ttccaagcgt 840 atcatcagtt ggtgccacac cattaatcag ttttacggag aaacaatcgt tgcatacacg 900 tttgatgcag gtccaaatgc tgtgttgtac tacttagctg aaaatgagtc gaaactcttt 960 gcatttatct ataaattgtt tggctctgtt cctggatggg acaagaaatt tactactgag 1020 cagcttgagg ctttcaacca tcaatttgaa tcatctaact ttactgcacg tgaattggat 1080 cttgagttgc aaaaggatgt tgccagagtg attttaactc aagtcggttc aggcccacaa 1140 gaaacaaacg aatctttgat tgacgcaaag actggtctac caaaggaata a 1191 51 1197 DNA Saccharomyces cerevisiae 51 atgtctcaga acgtttacat tgtatcgact gccagaaccc caattggttc attccagggt 60 tctctatcct ccaagacagc agtggaattg ggtgctgttg ctttaaaagg cgccttggct 120 aaggttccag aattggatgc atccaaggat tttgacgaaa ttatttttgg taacgttctt 180 tctgccaatt tgggccaagc tccggccaga caagttgctt tggctgccgg tttgagtaat 240 catatcgttg caagcacagt taacaaggtc tgtgcatccg ctatgaaggc aatcattttg 300 ggtgctcaat ccatcaaatg tggtaatgct gatgttgtcg tagctggtgg ttgtgaatct 360 atgactaacg caccatacta catgccagca gcccgtgcgg gtgccaaatt tggccaaact 420 gttcttgttg atggtgtcga aagagatggg ttgaacgatg cgtacgatgg tctagccatg 480 ggtgtacacg cagaaaagtg tgcccgtgat tgggatatta ctagagaaca acaagacaat 540 tttgccatcg aatcctacca aaaatctcaa aaatctcaaa aggaaggtaa attcgacaat 600 gaaattgtac ctgttaccat taagggattt agaggtaagc ctgatactca agtcacgaag 660 gacgaggaac ctgctagatt acacgttgaa aaattgagat ctgcaaggac tgttttccaa 720 aaagaaaacg gtactgttac tgccgctaac gcttctccaa tcaacgatgg tgctgcagcc 780 gtcatcttgg tttccgaaaa agttttgaag gaaaagaatt tgaagccttt ggctattatc 840 aaaggttggg gtgaggccgc tcatcaacca gctgatttta catgggctcc atctcttgca 900 gttccaaagg ctttgaaaca tgctggcatc gaagacatca attctgttga ttactttgaa 960 ttcaatgaag ccttttcggt tgtcggtttg gtgaacacta agattttgaa gctagaccca 1020 tctaaggtta atgtatatgg tggtgctgtt gctctaggtc acccattggg ttgttctggt 1080 gctagagtgg ttgttacact gctatccatc ttacagcaag aaggaggtaa gatcggtgtt 1140 gccgccattt gtaatggtgg tggtggtgct tcctctattg tcattgaaaa gatatga 1197 52 1386 DNA Arabidopsis thaliana 52 atggcgaaga acgttgggat tttggctatg gatatctatt tccctcccac ctgtgttcaa 60 caggaagctt tggaagcaca tgatggagca agtaaaggga aatacactat tggacttggc 120 caagattgtt tagctttttg cactgagctt gaagatgtta tctctatgag tttcaatgcg 180 gtgacatcac tttttgagaa gtataagatt gaccctaacc aaatcgggcg tcttgaagta 240 ggaagtgaga ctgttattga caaaagcaag tccatcaaga ccttcttgat gcagctcttt 300 gagaaatgtg gaaacactga tgtcgaaggt gttgactcga ccaatgcttg ctatggtgga 360 actgcagctt tgttaaactg tgtcaattgg gttgagagta actcttggga tggacgttat 420 ggcctcgtca tttgtactga cagcgcggtt tatgcagaag gacccgcaag gcccactgga 480 ggagctgcag cgattgctat gttgatagga cctgatgctc ctatcgtttt cgaaagcaaa 540 ttgagagcaa gccacatggc tcatgtctat gacttttaca agcccaatct tgctagcgag 600 tacccggttg ttgatggtaa gctttcacag acttgctacc tcatggctct tgactcctgc 660 tataaacatt tatgcaacaa gttcgagaag atcgagggca aagagttctc cataaatgat 720 gctgattaca ttgttttcca ttctccatac aataaacttg tacagaaaag ctttgctcgt 780 ctcttgtaca acgacttctt gagaaacgca agctccattg acgaggctgc caaagaaaag 840 ttcacccctt attcatcttt gacccttgac gagagttacc aaagccgtga tcttgaaaag 900 gtgtcacaac aaatttcgaa accgttttat gatgctaaag tgcaaccaac gactttaata 960 ccaaaggaag tcggtaacat gtacactgct tctctctacg ctgcatttgc ttccctcatc 1020 cacaataaac acaatgattt ggcgggaaag cgggtggtta tgttctctta tggaagtggc 1080 tccaccgcaa caatgttctc attacgcctc aacgacaata agcctccttt cagcatttca 1140 aacattgcat ctgtaatgga tgttggcggt aaattgaaag ctagacatga gtatgcacct 1200 gagaagtttg tggagacaat gaagctaatg gaacataggt atggagcaaa ggactttgtg 1260 acaaccaagg agggtattat agatcttttg gcaccgggaa cttattatct gaaagaggtt 1320 gattccttgt accggagatt ctatggcaag aaaggtgaag atggatctgt agccaatgga 1380 cactga 1386 53 1779 DNA Arabidopsis thaliana 53 atggatctcc gtcggaggcc tcctaaacca ccggttacca acaacaacaa ctccaacgga 60 tctttccgtt cttatcagcc tcgcacttcc gatgacgatc atcgtcgccg ggctacaaca 120 attgctcctc caccgaaagc atccgacgcg cttcctcttc cgttatatct cacaaacgcc 180 gttttcttca cgctcttctt ctccgtcgcg tattacctcc tccaccggtg gcgtgacaag 240 atccgttaca atacgcctct tcacgtcgtc actatcacag aactcggcgc cattattgct 300 ctcatcgctt cgtttatcta tctcctaggg ttttttggta ttgactttgt tcagtcattt 360 atctcacgtg cctctggtga tgcttgggat ctcgccgata cgatcgatga tgatgaccac 420 cgccttgtca cgtgctctcc accgactccg atcgtttccg ttgctaaatt acctaatccg 480 gaacctattg ttaccgaatc gcttcctgag gaagacgagg agattgtgaa atcggttatc 540 gacggagtta ttccatcgta ctcgcttgaa tctcgtctcg gtgattgcaa aagagcggcg 600 tcgattcgtc gtgaggcgtt gcagagagtc accgggagat cgattgaagg gttaccgttg 660 gatggatttg attatgaatc gattttgggg caatgctgtg agatgcctgt tggatacatt 720 cagattcctg ttgggattgc tggtccattg ttgcttgatg gttatgagta ctctgttcct 780 atggctacaa ccgaaggttg tttggttgct agcactaaca gaggctgcaa ggctatgttt 840 atctctggtg gcgccaccag taccgttctt aaggacggta tgacccgagc acctgttgtt 900 cggttcgctt cggcgagacg agcttcggag cttaagtttt tcttggagaa tccagagaac 960 tttgatactt tggcagtagt cttcaacagg tcgagtagat ttgcaagact gcaaagtgtt 1020 aaatgcacaa tcgcggggaa gaatgcttat gtaaggttct gttgtagtac tggtgatgct 1080 atggggatga atatggtttc taaaggtgtg cagaatgttc ttgagtatct taccgatgat 1140 ttccctgaca tggatgtgat tggaatctct ggtaacttct gttcggacaa gaaacctgct 1200 gctgtgaact ggattgaggg acgtggtaaa tcagttgttt gcgaggctgt aatcagagga 1260 gagatcgtga acaaggtctt gaaaacgagc gtggctgctt tagtcgagct caacatgctc 1320 aagaacctag ctggctctgc tgttgcaggc tctctaggtg gattcaacgc tcatgccagt 1380 aacatagtgt ctgctgtatt catagctact ggccaagatc cagctcaaaa cgtggagagt 1440 tctcaatgca tcaccatgat ggaagctatt aatgacggca aagatatcca tatctcagtc 1500 actatgccat ctatcgaggt ggggacagtg ggaggaggaa cacagcttgc atctcaatca 1560 gcgtgtttaa acctgctcgg agttaaagga gcaagcacag agtcgccggg aatgaacgca 1620 aggaggctag cgacgatcgt agccggagca gttttagctg gagagttatc tttaatgtca 1680 gcaattgcag ctggacagct tgtgagaagt cacatgaaat acaatagatc cagccgagac 1740 atctctggag caacgacaac gacaacaaca acaacatga 1779 54 684 DNA Artificial Sequence Schizosaccharomyces pombe IDI1 (IPP isomerase) 54 atgagttccc aacaagagaa aaaggattat gatgaagaac aattaaggtt gatggaagaa 60 gtttgtatcg ttgtagatga aaatgatgtc cctttaagat atggaacgaa aaaggagtgt 120 catttgatgg aaaatataaa taaaggtctt ttgcatagag cattctctat gttcatcttt 180 gatgagcaaa atcgcctttt acttcagcag cgtgcagaag agaaaattac atttccatcc 240 ttatggacga atacatgttg ctcccaccca ttggatgttg ctggtgaacg tggtaatact 300 ttacctgaag ctgttgaagg tgttaagaat gcagctcaac gcaagctgtt ccatgaattg 360 ggtattcaag ccaagtatat tcccaaagac aaatttcagt ttcttacacg aatccattac 420 cttgctccta gtactggtgc ttggggagag catgaaattg actacattct tttcttcaaa 480 ggtaaagttg agctggatat caatcccaat gaagttcaag cctataagta tgttactatg 540 gaagagttaa aagagatgtt ttccgatcct caatatggat tcacaccatg gttcaaactt 600 atttgtgagc attttatgtt taaatggtgg caggatgtag atcatgcgtc aaaattccaa 660 gataccttaa ttcatcgttg ctaa 684 55 531 DNA Artificial Sequence Rhodobacter capsulatus idiB (IPP isomerase) 55 atgagtgagc ttatacccgc ctgggttggt gacagactgg ctccggtgga caagttggag 60 gtgcatttga aagggctccg ccacaaggcg gtgtctgttt tcgtcatgga tggcgaaaac 120 gtgctgatcc agcgccgctc ggaggagaaa tatcactctc ccgggctttg ggcgaacacc 180 tgctgcaccc atccgggctg gaccgaacgc cccgaggaat gcgcggtgcg gcggctgcgc 240 gaggagctgg ggatcaccgg gctttatccc gcccatgccg accggctgga atatcgcgcc 300 gatgtcggcg gcggcatgat cgagcatgag gtggtcgaca tctatctggc ctatgccaaa 360 ccgcatatgc ggatcacccc cgatccgcgc gaagtggccg aggtgcgctg gatcggcctt 420 tacgatctgg cggccgaggc cggtcggcat cccgagcggt tctcgaaatg gctcaacatc 480 tatctgtcga gccatcttga ccggattttc ggatcgatcc tgcgcggctg a 531 56 1059 DNA Streptomyces sp. 56 atgacggaaa cgcacgccat agccggggtc ccgatgaggt gggtgggacc ccttcgtatt 60 tccgggaacg tcgccgagac cgagacccag gtcccgctcg ccacgtacga gtcgccgctg 120 tggccgtcgg tgggccgcgg ggcgaaggtc tcccggctga cggagaaggg catcgtcgcc 180 accctcgtcg acgagcggat gacccgctcg gtgatcgtcg aggcgacgga cgcgcagacc 240 gcgtacatgg ccgcgcagac catccacgcc cgcatcgacg agctgcgcga ggtggtgcgc 300 ggctgcagcc ggttcgccca gctgatcaac atcaagcacg agatcaacgc gaacctgctg 360 ttcatccggt tcgagttcac caccggtgac gcctccggcc acaacatggc cacgctcgcc 420 tccgatgtgc tcctggggca cctgctggag acgatccctg gcatctccta cggctcgatc 480 tccggcaact actgcacgga caagaaggcc accgcgatca acggcatcct cggccgcggc 540 aagaacgtga tcaccgagct gctggtgccg cgggacgtcg tcgagaacaa cctgcacacc 600 acggctgcca agatcgtcga gctgaacatc cgcaagaacc tgctcggcac cctgctcgcc 660 ggcggcatcc gctcggccaa cgcccacttc gcgaacatgc tgctcggctt ctacctggcc 720 accggccagg acgccgccaa catcgtcgag ggctcgcagg gcgtcgtcat ggccgaggac 780 cgcgacggcg acctctactt cgcctgcacc ctgccgaacc tgatcgtcgg cacggtcggc 840 aacggcaagg gtctcggctt cgtggagacg aacctcgccc ggctcggctg ccgagccgac 900 cgcgaacccg gggagaacgc ccgccgcctc gccgtcatcg cggcagcgac cgtgctgtgc 960 ggtgaactct cgctgctcgc ggcacagacg aacccgggcg aactcatgcg cgcgcacgtc 1020 cagctggaac gcgacaacaa gaccgcaaag gttggtgca 1059 57 6798 DNA Artificial Sequence Streptomyces sp CL190 gene cluster containing mevalonate pathway and IPP isomerase orfs 57 tacgtacttc cctggcgtgt gcagcggttg acgcgccgtg ccctcgctgc gagcggcgcg 60 cacatctgac gtcctgcttt attgctttct cagaactcgg gacgaagcga tcccatgatc 120 acgcgatctc catgcagaaa agacaaaggg agctgagtgc gttgacacta ccgacctcgg 180 ctgagggggt atcagaaagc caccgggccc gctcggtcgg catcggtcgc gcccacgcca 240 aggccatcct gctgggagag catgcggtcg tctacggagc gccggcactc gctctgccga 300 ttccgcagct cacggtcacg gccagcgtcg gctggtcgtc cgaggcctcc gacagtgcgg 360 gtggcctgtc ctacacgatg accggtacgc cgtcgcgggc actggtgacg caggcctccg 420 acggcctgca ccggctcacc gcggaattca tggcgcggat gggcgtgacg aacgcgccgc 480 acctcgacgt gatcctggac ggcgcgatcc cgcacggccg gggtctcggc tccagcgcgg 540 ccggctcacg cgcgatcgcc ttggccctcg ccgacctctt cggccacgaa ctggccgagc 600 acacggcgta cgaactggtg cagacggccg agaacatggc gcacggccgg gccagcggcg 660 tggacgcgat gacggtcggc gcgtcccggc cgctgctgtt ccagcagggc cgcaccgagc 720 gactggccat cggctgcgac agcctgttca tcgtcgccga cagcggcgtc ccgggcagca 780 ccaaggaagc ggtcgagatg ctgcgggagg gattcacccg cagcgccgga acacaggagc 840 ggttcgtcgg ccgggcgacg gaactgaccg aggccgcccg gcaggccctc gccgacggcc 900 ggcccgagga gctgggctcg cagctgacgt actaccacga gctgctccat gaggcccgcc 960 tgagcaccga cggcatcgat gcgctggtcg aggccgcgct gaaggcaggc agcctcggag 1020 ccaagatcac cggcggtggt ctgggcggct gcatgatcgc acaggcccgg cccgaacagg 1080 cccgggaggt cacccggcag ctccacgagg ccggtgccgt acagacctgg gtcgtaccgc 1140 tgaaagggct cgacaaccat gcgcagtgaa cacccgacca cgaccgtgct ccagtcgcgg 1200 gagcagggca gcgcggccgg cgccaccgcg gtcgcgcacc caaacatcgc gctgatcaag 1260 tactggggca agcgcgacga gcggctgatc ctgccctgca ccaccagcct gtcgatgacg 1320 ctggacgtct tccccacgac caccgaggtc cggctcgacc ccgccgccga gcacgacacg 1380 gccgccctca acggcgaggt ggccacgggc gagacgctgc gccgcatcag cgccttcctc 1440 tccctggtgc gggaggtggc gggcagcgac cagcgggccg tggtggacac ccgcaacacc 1500 gtgcccaccg gggcgggcct ggcgtcctcc gccagcgggt tcgccgccct cgccgtcgcg 1560 gccgcggccg cctacgggct cgaactcgac gaccgcgggc tgtcccggct ggcccgacgt 1620 ggatccggct ccgcctcgcg gtcgatcttc ggcggcttcg ccgtctggca cgccggcccc 1680 gacggcacgg ccacggaagc ggacctcggc tcctacgccg agccggtgcc cgcggccgac 1740 ctcgacccgg cgctggtcat cgccgtggtc aacgccggcc ccaagcccgt ctccagccgc 1800 gaggccatgc gccgcaccgt cgacacctcg ccgctgtacc ggccgtgggc cgactccagt 1860 aaggacgacc tggacgagat gcgctcggcg ctgctgcgcg gcgacctcga ggccgtgggc 1920 gagatcgcgg agcgcaacgc gctcggcatg cacgccacca tgctggccgc ccgccccgcg 1980 gtgcggtacc tgtcgccggc cacggtcacc gtgctcgaca gcgtgctcca gctccgcaag 2040 gacggtgtcc tggcctacgc gaccatggac gccggtccca acgtgaaggt gctgtgccgg 2100 cgggcggacg ccgagcgggt ggccgacgtc gtacgcgccg ccgcgtccgg cggtcaggtc 2160 ctcgtcgccg ggccgggaga cggtgcccgc ctgctgagcg agggcgcatg acgacaggtc 2220 agcgcacgat cgtccggcac gcgccgggca agctgttcgt cgcgggcgag tacgcggtcg 2280 tggatccggg caacccggcg atcctggtag cggtcgaccg gcacatcagc gtcaccgtgt 2340 ccgacgccga cgcggacacc ggggccgccg acgtcgtgat ctcctccgac ctcggtccgc 2400 aggcggtcgg ctggcgctgg cacgacggcc ggctcgtcgt ccgcgacccg gacgacgggc 2460 agcaggcgcg cagcgccctg gcccacgtgg tgtcggcgat cgagaccgtg ggccggctgc 2520 tgggcgaacg cggacagaag gtccccgctc tcaccctctc cgtcagcagc cgcctgcacg 2580 aggacggccg gaagttcggc ctgggctcca gcggcgcggt gaccgtggcg accgtagccg 2640 ccgtcgccgc gttctgcgga ctcgaactgt ccaccgacga acggttccgg ctggccatgc 2700 tcgccaccgc ggaactcgac cccaagggct ccggcgggga cctcgccgcc agcacctggg 2760 gcggctggat cgcctaccag gcgcccgacc gggcctttgt gctcgacctg gcccggcgcg 2820 tgggagtcga ccggacactg aaggcgccct ggccggggca ctcggtgcgc cgactgccgg 2880 cgcccaaggg cctcaccctg gaggtcggct ggaccggaga gcccgcctcc accgcgtccc 2940 tggtgtccga tctgcaccgc cgcacctggc ggggcagcgc ctcccaccag aggttcgtcg 3000 agaccacgac cgactgtgtc cgctccgcgg tcaccgccct ggagtccggc gacgacacga 3060 gcctgctgca cgagatccgc cgggcccgcc aggagctggc ccgcctggac gacgaggtcg 3120 gcctcggcat cttcacaccc aagctgacgg cgctgtgcga cgccgccgaa gccgtcggcg 3180 gcgcggccaa gccctccggg gcaggcggcg gcgactgcgg catcgccctg ctggacgccg 3240 aggcgtcgcg ggacatcaca catgtacggc aacggtggga gacagccggg gtgctgcccc 3300 tgcccctgac tcctgccctg gaagggatct aagaatgacc agcgcccaac gcaaggacga 3360 ccacgtacgg ctcgccatcg agcagcacaa cgcccacagc ggacgcaacc agttcgacga 3420 cgtgtcgttc gtccaccacg ccctggccgg catcgaccgg ccggacgtgt ccctggccac 3480 gtccttcgcc gggatctcct ggcaggtgcc gatctacatc aacgcgatga ccggcggcag 3540 cgagaagacc ggcctcatca accgggacct ggccaccgcc gcccgcgaga ccggcgtccc 3600 catcgcgtcc gggtccatga acgcgtacat caaggacccc tcctgcgccg acacgttccg 3660 tgtgctgcgc gacgagaacc ccaacgggtt cgtcatcgcg aacatcaacg ccaccacgac 3720 ggtcgacaac gcgcagcgcg cgatcgacct gatcgaggcg aacgccctgc agatccacat 3780 caacacggcg caggagacgc cgatgccgga gggcgaccgg tcgttcgcgt cctgggtccc 3840 gcagatcgag aagatcgcgg cggccgtcga catccccgtg atcgtcaagg aggtcggcaa 3900 cggcctgagc cggcagacca tcctgctgct cgccgacctc ggcgtgcagg cggcggacgt 3960 cagcggccgc ggcggcacgg acttcgcccg catcgagaac ggccgccggg agctcggcga 4020 ctacgcgttc ctgcacggct gggggcagtc caccgccgcc tgcctgctgg acgcccagga 4080 catctccctg cccgtcctcg cctccggcgg tgtgcgtcac ccgctcgacg tggtccgcgc 4140 cctcgcgctc ggcgcccgcg ccgtcggctc ctccgccggc ttcctgcgca ccctgatgga 4200 cgacggcgtc gacgcgctga tcacgaagct cacgacctgg ctggaccagc tggcggcgct 4260 gcagaccatg ctcggcgcgc gcaccccggc cgacctcacc cgctgcgacg tgctgctcca 4320 cggcgagctg cgtgacttct gcgccgaccg gggcatcgac acgcgccgcc tcgcccagcg 4380 ctccagctcc atcgaggccc tccagacgac gggaagcaca cgatgacgga aacgcacgcc 4440 atagccgggg tcccgatgag gtgggtggga ccccttcgta tttccgggaa cgtcgccgag 4500 accgagaccc aggtcccgct cgccacgtac gagtcgccgc tgtggccgtc ggtgggccgc 4560 ggggcgaagg tctcccggct gacggagaag ggcatcgtcg ccaccctcgt cgacgagcgg 4620 atgacccgct cggtgatcgt cgaggcgacg gacgcgcaga ccgcgtacat ggccgcgcag 4680 accatccacg cccgcatcga cgagctgcgc gaggtggtgc gcggctgcag ccggttcgcc 4740 cagctgatca acatcaagca cgagatcaac gcgaacctgc tgttcatccg gttcgagttc 4800 accaccggtg acgcctccgg ccacaacatg gccacgctcg cctccgatgt gctcctgggg 4860 cacctgctgg agacgatccc tggcatctcc tacggctcga tctccggcaa ctactgcacg 4920 gacaagaagg ccaccgcgat caacggcatc ctcggccgcg gcaagaacgt gatcaccgag 4980 ctgctggtgc cgcgggacgt cgtcgagaac aacctgcaca ccacggctgc caagatcgtc 5040 gagctgaaca tccgcaagaa cctgctcggc accctgctcg ccggcggcat ccgctcggcc 5100 aacgcccact tcgcgaacat gctgctcggc ttctacctgg ccaccggcca ggacgccgcc 5160 aacatcgtcg agggctcgca gggcgtcgtc atggccgagg accgcgacgg cgacctctac 5220 ttcgcctgca ccctgccgaa cctgatcgtc ggcacggtcg gcaacggcaa gggtctcggc 5280 ttcgtggaga cgaacctcgc ccggctcggc tgccgagccg accgcgaacc cggggagaac 5340 gcccgccgcc tcgccgtcat cgcggcagcg accgtgctgt gcggtgaact ctcgctgctc 5400 gcggcacaga cgaacccggg cgaactcatg cgcgcgcacg tccagctgga acgcgacaac 5460 aagaccgcaa aggttggtgc atagggcatg tccatctcca taggcattca cgacctgtcg 5520 ttcgccacaa ccgagttcgt cctgccgcac acggcgctcg ccgagtacaa cggcaccgag 5580 atcggcaagt accacgtcgg catcggccag cagtcgatga gcgtgccggc cgccgacgag 5640 gacatcgtga ccatggccgc gaccgcggcg cggcccatca tcgagcgcaa cggcaagagc 5700 cggatccgca cggtcgtgtt cgccacggag tcgtcgatcg accaggcgaa ggcgggcggc 5760 gtgtacgtgc actccctgct ggggctggag tcggcctgcc gggtcgtcga gctgaagcag 5820 gcctgctacg gggccaccgc cgcccttcag ttcgccatcg gcctggtgcg gcgcgacccc 5880 gcccagcagg tcctggtcat cgccagtgac gtctccaagt acgagctgga cagccccggc 5940 gaggcgaccc agggcgcggc cgcggtggcc atgctggtcg gcgccgaccc ggccctgctg 6000 cgtatcgagg agccgtcggg cctgttcacc gccgacgtca tggacttctg gcggcccaac 6060 tacctcacca ccgctctggt cgacggccag gagtccatca acgcctacct gcaggccgtc 6120 gagggcgcct ggaaggacta cgcggagcag gacggccggt cgctggagga gttcgcggcg 6180 ttcgtctacc accagccgtt cacgaagatg gcctacaagg cgcaccgcca cctgctgaac 6240 ttcaacggct acgacaccga caaggacgcc atcgagggcg ccctcggcca gacgacggcg 6300 tacaacaacg tcatcggcaa cagctacacc gcgtcggtgt acctgggcct ggccgccctg 6360 ctcgaccagg cggacgacct gacgggccgt tccatcggct tcctgagcta cggctcgggc 6420 agcgtcgccg agttcttctc gggcaccgtc gtcgccgggt accgcgagcg tctgcgcacc 6480 gaggcgaacc aggaggcgat cgcccggcgc aagagcgtcg actacgccac ctaccgcgag 6540 ctgcacgagt acacgctccc gtccgacggc ggcgaccacg ccaccccggt gcagaccacc 6600 ggccccttcc ggctggccgg gatcaacgac cacaagcgca tctacgaggc gcgctagcga 6660 cacccctcgg caacggggtg cgccactgtt cggcgcaccc cgtgccgggc tttcgcacag 6720 ctattcacga ccatttgagg ggcgggcagc cgcatgaccg acgtccgatt ccgcattatc 6780 ggtacgggtg cctacgta 6798 58 7693 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA 58 ggccgcgtcg acgccggcgg aggcacatat gtctcagaac gtttacattg tatcgactgc 60 cagaacccca attggttcat tccagggttc tctatcctcc aagacagcag tggaattggg 120 tgctgttgct ttaaaaggcg ccttggctaa ggttccagaa ttggatgcat ccaaggattt 180 tgacgaaatt atttttggta acgttctttc tgccaatttg ggccaagctc cggccagaca 240 agttgctttg gctgccggtt tgagtaatca tatcgttgca agcacagtta acaaggtctg 300 tgcatccgct atgaaggcaa tcattttggg tgctcaatcc atcaaatgtg gtaatgctga 360 tgttgtcgta gctggtggtt gtgaatctat gactaacgca ccatactaca tgccagcagc 420 ccgtgcgggt gccaaatttg gccaaactgt tcttgttgat ggtgtcgaaa gagatgggtt 480 gaacgatgcg tacgatggtc tagccatggg tgtacacgca gaaaagtgtg cccgtgattg 540 ggatattact agagaacaac aagacaattt tgccatcgaa tcctaccaaa aatctcaaaa 600 atctcaaaag gaaggtaaat tcgacaatga aattgtacct gttaccatta agggatttag 660 aggtaagcct gatactcaag tcacgaagga cgaggaacct gctagattac acgttgaaaa 720 attgagatct gcaaggactg ttttccaaaa agaaaacggt actgttactg ccgctaacgc 780 ttctccaatc aacgatggtg ctgcagccgt catcttggtt tccgaaaaag ttttgaagga 840 aaagaatttg aagcctttgg ctattatcaa aggttggggt gaggccgctc atcaaccagc 900 tgattttaca tgggctccat ctcttgcagt tccaaaggct ttgaaacatg ctggcatcga 960 agacatcaat tctgttgatt actttgaatt caatgaagcc ttttcggttg tcggtttggt 1020 gaacactaag attttgaagc tagacccatc taaggttaat gtatatggtg gtgctgttgc 1080 tctaggtcac ccattgggtt gttctggtgc tagagtggtt gttacactgc tatccatctt 1140 acagcaagaa ggaggtaaga tcggtgttgc cgccatttgt aatggtggtg gtggtgcttc 1200 ctctattgtc attgaaaaga tatgaggatc ctctagatgc gcaggaggca catatggcga 1260 agaacgttgg gattttggct atggatatct atttccctcc cacctgtgtt caacaggaag 1320 ctttggaagc acatgatgga gcaagtaaag ggaaatacac tattggactt ggccaagatt 1380 gtttagcttt ttgcactgag cttgaagatg ttatctctat gagtttcaat gcggtgacat 1440 cactttttga gaagtataag attgacccta accaaatcgg gcgtcttgaa gtaggaagtg 1500 agactgttat tgacaaaagc aagtccatca agaccttctt gatgcagctc tttgagaaat 1560 gtggaaacac tgatgtcgaa ggtgttgact cgaccaatgc ttgctatggt ggaactgcag 1620 ctttgttaaa ctgtgtcaat tgggttgaga gtaactcttg ggatggacgt tatggcctcg 1680 tcatttgtac tgacagcgcg gtttatgcag aaggacccgc aaggcccact ggaggagctg 1740 cagcgattgc tatgttgata ggtcctgatg ctcctatcgt tttcgaaagc aaattgagag 1800 caagccacat ggctcatgtc tatgactttt acaagcccaa tcttgctagc gagtacccgg 1860 ttgttgatgg taagctttca cagacttgct acctcatggc tcttgactcc tgctataaac 1920 atttatgcaa caagttcgag aagatcgagg gcaaagagtt ctccataaat gatgctgatt 1980 acattgtttt ccattctcca tacaataaac ttgtacagaa aagctttgct cgtctcttgt 2040 acaacgactt cttgagaaac gcaagctcca ttgacgaggc tgccaaagaa aagttcaccc 2100 cttattcatc tttgaccctt gacgagagtt accaaagccg tgatcttgaa aaggtgtcac 2160 aacaaattgc gaaaccgttt tatgatgcta aagtgcaacc aacgacttta ataccaaagg 2220 aagtcggtaa catgtacact gcttctctct acgctgcatt tgcttccctc atccacaaga 2280 aacacaatga tttggcggga aagcgggtgg ttatgttctc ttatggaagt ggctcaaccg 2340 caacaatgtt ctcattacgc ctcaacgaca ataagcctcc tttcagcatt tcaaacattg 2400 catctgtaat ggatgttggc ggtaaattga aagctagaca tgagtatgca cctgagaagt 2460 ttgtggagac aatgaagcta atggaacata ggtatggagc aaaggacttt gtgacaacca 2520 aggagggtat tatagatctt ttggcaccgg gaacttatta tctgaaagag gttgattcct 2580 tgtaccggag attctatggc aagaaaggtg aagatggatc tgtagccaat ggacactgag 2640 gatccgtcga gcacgtggag gcacatatgc aatgctgtga gatgcctgtt ggatacattc 2700 agattcctgt tgggattgct ggtccattgt tgcttgatgg ttatgagtac tctgttccta 2760 tggctacaac cgaaggttgt ttggttgcta gcactaacag aggctgcaag gctatgttta 2820 tctctggtgg cgccaccagt accgttctta aggacggtat gacccgagca cctgttgttc 2880 ggttcgcttc ggcgagacga gcttcggagc ttaagttttt cttggagaat ccagagaact 2940 ttgatacttt ggcagtagtc ttcaacaggt cgagtagatt tgcaagactg caaagtgtta 3000 aatgcacaat cgcggggaag aatgcttatg taaggttctg ttgtagtact ggtgatgcta 3060 tggggatgaa tatggtttct aaaggtgtgc agaatgttct tgagtatctt accgatgatt 3120 tccctgacat ggatgtgatt ggaatctctg gtaacttctg ttcggacaag aaacctgctg 3180 ctgtgaactg gattgaggga cgtggtaaat cagttgtttg cgaggctgta atcagaggag 3240 agatcgtgaa caaggtcttg aaaacgagcg tggctgcttt agtcgagctc aacatgctca 3300 agaacctagc tggctctgct gttgcaggct ctctaggtgg attcaacgct catgccagta 3360 acatagtgtc tgctgtattc atagctactg gccaagatcc agctcaaaac gtggagagtt 3420 ctcaatgcat caccatgatg gaagctatta atgacggcaa agatatccat atctcagtca 3480 ctatgccatc tatcgaggtg gggacagtgg gaggaggaac acagcttgca tctcaatcag 3540 cgtgtttaaa cctgctcgga gttaaaggag caagcacaga gtcgccggga atgaacgcaa 3600 ggaggctagc gacgatcgta gccggagcag ttttagctgg agagttatct ttaatgtcag 3660 caattgcagc tggacagctt gtgagaagtc acatgaaata caatagatcc agccgagaca 3720 tctctggagc aacgacaacg acaacaacaa caacatgacc cgggatccgg ccgcaggagg 3780 agttcatatg tcagagttga gagccttcag tgccccaggg aaagcgttac tagctggtgg 3840 atatttagtt ttagatacaa aatatgaagc atttgtagtc ggattatcgg caagaatgca 3900 tgctgtagcc catccttacg gttcattgca agggtctgat aagtttgaag tgcgtgtgaa 3960 aagtaaacaa tttaaagatg gggagtggct gtaccatata agtcctaaaa gtggcttcat 4020 tcctgtttcg ataggcggat ctaagaaccc tttcattgaa aaagttatcg ctaacgtatt 4080 tagctacttt aaacctaaca tggacgacta ctgcaataga aacttgttcg ttattgatat 4140 tttctctgat gatgcctacc attctcagga ggatagcgtt accgaacatc gtggcaacag 4200 aagattgagt tttcattcgc acagaattga agaagttccc aaaacagggc tgggctcctc 4260 ggcaggttta gtcacagttt taactacagc tttggcctcc ttttttgtat cggacctgga 4320 aaataatgta gacaaatata gagaagttat tcataattta gcacaagttg ctcattgtca 4380 agctcagggt aaaattggaa gcgggtttga tgtagcggcg gcagcatatg gatctatcag 4440 atatagaaga ttcccacccg cattaatctc taatttgcca gatattggaa gtgctactta 4500 cggcagtaaa ctggcgcatt tggttgatga agaagactgg aatattacga ttaaaagtaa 4560 ccatttacct tcgggattaa ctttatggat gggcgatatt aagaatggtt cagaaacagt 4620 aaaactggtc cagaaggtaa aaaattggta tgattcgcat atgccagaaa gcttgaaaat 4680 atatacagaa ctcgatcatg caaattctag atttatggat ggactatcta aactagatcg 4740 cttacacgag actcatgacg attacagcga tcagatattt gagtctcttg agaggaatga 4800 ctgtacctgt caaaagtatc ctgaaatcac agaagttaga gatgcagttg ccacaattag 4860 acgttccttt agaaaaataa ctaaagaatc tggtgccgat atcgaacctc ccgtacaaac 4920 tagcttattg gatgattgcc agaccttaaa aggagttctt acttgcttaa tacctggtgc 4980 tggtggttat gacgccattg cagtgattac taagcaagat gttgatctta gggctcaaac 5040 cgctaatgac aaaagatttt ctaaggttca atggctggat gtaactcagg ctgactgggg 5100 tgttaggaaa gaaaaagatc cggaaactta tcttgataaa ctgcaggagg agttttaatg 5160 tcattaccgt tcttaacttc tgcaccggga aaggttatta tttttggtga acactctgct 5220 gtgtacaaca agcctgccgt cgctgctagt gtgtctgcgt tgagaaccta cctgctaata 5280 agcgagtcat ctgcaccaga tactattgaa ttggacttcc cggacattag ctttaatcat 5340 aagtggtcca tcaatgattt caatgccatc accgaggatc aagtaaactc ccaaaaattg 5400 gccaaggctc aacaagccac cgatggcttg tctcaggaac tcgttagtct tttggatccg 5460 ttgttagctc aactatccga atccttccac taccatgcag cgttttgttt cctgtatatg 5520 tttgtttgcc tatgccccca tgccaagaat attaagtttt ctttaaagtc tactttaccc 5580 atcggtgctg ggttgggctc aagcgcctct atttctgtat cactggcctt agctatggcc 5640 tacttggggg ggttaatagg atctaatgac ttggaaaagc tgtcagaaaa cgataagcat 5700 atagtgaatc aatgggcctt cataggtgaa aagtgtattc acggtacccc ttcaggaata 5760 gataacgctg tggccactta tggtaatgcc ctgctatttg aaaaagactc acataatgga 5820 acaataaaca caaacaattt taagttctta gatgatttcc cagccattcc aatgatccta 5880 acctatacta gaattccaag gtctacaaaa gatcttgttg ctcgcgttcg tgtgttggtc 5940 accgagaaat ttcctgaagt tatgaagcca attctagatg ccatgggtga atgtgcccta 6000 caaggcttag agatcatgac taagttaagt aaatgtaaag gcaccgatga cgaggctgta 6060 gaaactaata atgaactgta tgaacaacta ttggaattga taagaataaa tcatggactg 6120 cttgtctcaa tcggtgtttc tcatcctgga ttagaactta ttaaaaatct gagcgatgat 6180 ttgagaattg gctccacaaa acttaccggt gctggtggcg gcggttgctc tttgactttg 6240 ttacgaagag acattactca agagcaaatt gacagcttca aaaagaaatt gcaagatgat 6300 tttagttacg agacatttga aacagacttg ggtgggactg gctgctgttt gttaagcgca 6360 aaaaatttga ataaagatct taaaatcaaa tccctagtat tccaattatt tgaaaataaa 6420 actaccacaa agcaacaaat tgacgatcta ttattgccag gaaacacgaa tttaccatgg 6480 acttcacagg aggagtttta atgactgtat atactgctag tgtaactgct ccggtaaata 6540 ttgctactct taagtattgg gggaaaaggg acacgaagtt gaatctgccc accaattcgt 6600 ccatatcagt gactttatcg caagatgacc tcagaacgtt gacctctgcg gctactgcac 6660 ctgagtttga acgcgacact ttgtggttaa atggagaacc acacagcatc gacaatgaaa 6720 gaactcaaaa ttgtctgcgc gacctacgcc aattaagaaa ggaaatggaa tcgaaggacg 6780 cctcattgcc cacattatct caatggaaac tccacattgt ctccgaaaat aactttccta 6840 cagcagctgg tttagcttcc tccgctgctg gctttgctgc attggtctct gcaattgcta 6900 agttatacca attaccacag tcaacttcag aaatatctag aatagcaaga aaggggtctg 6960 gttcagcttg tagatcgttg tttggcggat acgtggcctg ggaaatggga aaagctgaag 7020 atggtcatga ttccatggca gtacaaatcg cagacagctc tgactggcct cagatgaaag 7080 cttgtgtcct agttgtcagc gatattaaaa aggatgtgag ttccactcag ggtatgcaat 7140 tgaccgtggc aacctccgaa ctatttaaag aaagaattga acatgtcgta ccaaagagat 7200 ttgaagtcat gcgtaaagcc attgttgaaa aagatttcgc cacctttgca aaggaaacaa 7260 tgatggattc caactctttc catgccacat gtttggactc tttccctcca atattctaca 7320 tgaatgacac ttccaagcgt atcatcagtt ggtgccacac cattaatcag ttttacggag 7380 aaacaatcgt tgcatacacg tttgatgcag gtccaaatgc tgtgttgtac tacttagctg 7440 aaaatgagtc gaaactcttt gcatttatct ataaattgtt tggctctgtt cctggatggg 7500 acaagaaatt tactactgag cagcttgagg ctttcaacca tcaatttgaa tcatctaact 7560 ttactgcacg tgaattggat cttgagttgc aaaaggatgt tgccagagtg attttaactc 7620 aagtcggttc aggcccacaa gaaacaaacg aatctttgat tgacgcaaag actggtctac 7680 caaaggaata act 7693 59 7695 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon B containing A. thaliana and S. cerevisiae DNA 59 ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt gagagccttc agtgccccag ggaaagcgtt 60 actagctggt ggatatttag ttttagatac aaaatatgaa gcatttgtag tcggattatc 120 ggcaagaatg catgctgtag cccatcctta cggttcattg caagggtctg ataagtttga 180 agtgcgtgtg aaaagtaaac aatttaaaga tggggagtgg ctgtaccata taagtcctaa 240 aagtggcttc attcctgttt cgataggcgg atctaagaac cctttcattg aaaaagttat 300 cgctaacgta tttagctact ttaaacctaa catggacgac tactgcaata gaaacttgtt 360 cgttattgat attttctctg atgatgccta ccattctcag gaggatagcg ttaccgaaca 420 tcgtggcaac agaagattga gttttcattc gcacagaatt gaagaagttc ccaaaacagg 480 gctgggctcc tcggcaggtt tagtcacagt tttaactaca gctttggcct ccttttttgt 540 atcggacctg gaaaataatg tagacaaata tagagaagtt attcataatt tagcacaagt 600 tgctcattgt caagctcagg gtaaaattgg aagcgggttt gatgtagcgg cggcagcata 660 tggatctatc agatatagaa gattcccacc cgcattaatc tctaatttgc cagatattgg 720 aagtgctact tacggcagta aactggcgca tttggttgat gaagaagact ggaatattac 780 gattaaaagt aaccatttac cttcgggatt aactttatgg atgggcgata ttaagaatgg 840 ttcagaaaca gtaaaactgg tccagaaggt aaaaaattgg tatgattcgc atatgccaga 900 aagcttgaaa atatatacag aactcgatca tgcaaattct agatttatgg atggactatc 960 taaactagat cgcttacacg agactcatga cgattacagc gatcagatat ttgagtctct 1020 tgagaggaat gactgtacct gtcaaaagta tcctgaaatc acagaagtta gagatgcagt 1080 tgccacaatt agacgttcct ttagaaaaat aactaaagaa tctggtgccg atatcgaacc 1140 tcccgtacaa actagcttat tggatgattg ccagacctta aaaggagttc ttacttgctt 1200 aatacctggt gctggtggtt atgacgccat tgcagtgatt actaagcaag atgttgatct 1260 tagggctcaa accgctaatg acaaaagatt ttctaaggtt caatggctgg atgtaactca 1320 ggctgactgg ggtgttagga aagaaaaaga tccggaaact tatcttgata aactgcagga 1380 ggagttttaa tgtcattacc gttcttaact tctgcaccgg gaaaggttat tatttttggt 1440 gaacactctg ctgtgtacaa caagcctgcc gtcgctgcta gtgtgtctgc gttgagaacc 1500 tacctgctaa taagcgagtc atctgcacca gatactattg aattggactt cccggacatt 1560 agctttaatc ataagtggtc catcaatgat ttcaatgcca tcaccgagga tcaagtaaac 1620 tcccaaaaat tggccaaggc tcaacaagcc accgatggct tgtctcagga actcgttagt 1680 cttttggatc cgttgttagc tcaactatcc gaatccttcc actaccatgc agcgttttgt 1740 ttcctgtata tgtttgtttg cctatgcccc catgccaaga atattaagtt ttctttaaag 1800 tctactttac ccatcggtgc tgggttgggc tcaagcgcct ctatttctgt atcactggcc 1860 ttagctatgg cctacttggg ggggttaata ggatctaatg acttggaaaa gctgtcagaa 1920 aacgataagc atatagtgaa tcaatgggcc ttcataggtg aaaagtgtat tcacggtacc 1980 ccttcaggaa tagataacgc tgtggccact tatggtaatg ccctgctatt tgaaaaagac 2040 tcacataatg gaacaataaa cacaaacaat tttaagttct tagatgattt cccagccatt 2100 ccaatgatcc taacctatac tagaattcca aggtctacaa aagatcttgt tgctcgcgtt 2160 cgtgtgttgg tcaccgagaa atttcctgaa gttatgaagc caattctaga tgccatgggt 2220 gaatgtgccc tacaaggctt agagatcatg actaagttaa gtaaatgtaa aggcaccgat 2280 gacgaggctg tagaaactaa taatgaactg tatgaacaac tattggaatt gataagaata 2340 aatcatggac tgcttgtctc aatcggtgtt tctcatcctg gattagaact tattaaaaat 2400 ctgagcgatg atttgagaat tggctccaca aaacttaccg gtgctggtgg cggcggttgc 2460 tctttgactt tgttacgaag agacattact caagagcaaa ttgacagctt caaaaagaaa 2520 ttgcaagatg attttagtta cgagacattt gaaacagact tgggtgggac tggctgctgt 2580 ttgttaagcg caaaaaattt gaataaagat cttaaaatca aatccctagt attccaatta 2640 tttgaaaata aaactaccac aaagcaacaa attgacgatc tattattgcc aggaaacacg 2700 aatttaccat ggacttcaga cgaggagttt taatgactgt atatactgct agtgtaactg 2760 ctccggtaaa tattgctact cttaagtatt gggggaaaag ggacacgaag ttgaatctgc 2820 ccaccaattc gtccatatca gtgactttat cgcaagatga cctcagaacg ttgacctctg 2880 cggctactgc acctgagttt gaacgcgaca ctttgtggtt aaatggagaa ccacacagca 2940 tcgacaatga aagaactcaa aattgtctgc gcgacctacg ccaattaaga aaggaaatgg 3000 aatcgaagga cgcctcattg cccacattat ctcaatggaa actccacatt gtctccgaaa 3060 ataactttcc tacagcagct ggtttagctt cctccgctgc tggctttgct gcattggtct 3120 ctgcaattgc taagttatac caattaccac agtcaacttc agaaatatct agaatagcaa 3180 gaaaggggtc tggttcagct tgtagatcgt tgtttggcgg atacgtggcc tgggaaatgg 3240 gaaaagctga agatggtcat gattccatgg cagtacaaat cgcagacagc tctgactggc 3300 ctcagatgaa agcttgtgtc ctagttgtca gcgatattaa aaaggatgtg agttccactc 3360 agggtatgca attgaccgtg gcaacctccg aactatttaa agaaagaatt gaacatgtcg 3420 taccaaagag atttgaagtc atgcgtaaag ccattgttga aaaagatttc gccacctttg 3480 caaaggaaac aatgatggat tccaactctt tccatgccac atgtttggac tctttccctc 3540 caatattcta catgaatgac acttccaagc gtatcatcag ttggtgccac accattaatc 3600 agttttacgg agaaacaatc gttgcataca cgtttgatgc aggtccaaat gctgtgttgt 3660 actacttagc tgaaaatgag tcgaaactct ttgcatttat ctataaattg tttggctctg 3720 ttcctggatg ggacaagaaa tttactactg agcagcttga ggctttcaac catcaatttg 3780 aatcatctaa ctttactgca cgtgaattgg atcttgagtt gcaaaaggat gttgccagag 3840 tgattttaac tcaagtcggt tcaggcccac aagaaacaaa cgaatctttg attgacgcaa 3900 agactggtct accaaaggaa gaggagtttt aactcgacgc cggcggaggc acatatgtct 3960 cagaacgttt acattgtatc gactgccaga accccaattg gttcattcca gggttctcta 4020 tcctccaaga cagcagtgga attgggtgct gttgctttaa aaggcgcctt ggctaaggtt 4080 ccagaattgg atgcatccaa ggattttgac gaaattattt ttggtaacgt tctttctgcc 4140 aatttgggcc aagctccggc cagacaagtt gctttggctg ccggtttgag taatcatatc 4200 gttgcaagca cagttaacaa ggtctgtgca tccgctatga aggcaatcat tttgggtgct 4260 caatccatca aatgtggtaa tgctgatgtt gtcgtagctg gtggttgtga atctatgact 4320 aacgcaccat actacatgcc agcagcccgt gcgggtgcca aatttggcca aactgttctt 4380 gttgatggtg tcgaaagaga tgggttgaac gatgcgtacg atggtctagc catgggtgta 4440 cacgcagaaa agtgtgcccg tgattgggat attactagag aacaacaaga caattttgcc 4500 atcgaatcct accaaaaatc tcaaaaatct caaaaggaag gtaaattcga caatgaaatt 4560 gtacctgtta ccattaaggg atttagaggt aagcctgata ctcaagtcac gaaggacgag 4620 gaacctgcta gattacacgt tgaaaaattg agatctgcaa ggactgtttt ccaaaaagaa 4680 aacggtactg ttactgccgc taacgcttct ccaatcaacg atggtgctgc agccgtcatc 4740 ttggtttccg aaaaagtttt gaaggaaaag aatttgaagc ctttggctat tatcaaaggt 4800 tggggtgagg ccgctcatca accagctgat tttacatggg ctccatctct tgcagttcca 4860 aaggctttga aacatgctgg catcgaagac atcaattctg ttgattactt tgaattcaat 4920 gaagcctttt cggttgtcgg tttggtgaac actaagattt tgaagctaga cccatctaag 4980 gttaatgtat atggtggtgc tgttgctcta ggtcacccat tgggttgttc tggtgctaga 5040 gtggttgtta cactgctatc catcttacag caagaaggag gtaagatcgg tgttgccgcc 5100 atttgtaatg gtggtggtgg tgcttcctct attgtcattg aaaagatatg aggatcctct 5160 agatgcgcag gaggcacata tggcgaagaa cgttgggatt ttggctatgg atatctattt 5220 ccctcccacc tgtgttcaac aggaagcttt ggaagcacat gatggagcaa gtaaagggaa 5280 atacactatt ggacttggcc aagattgttt agctttttgc actgagcttg aagatgttat 5340 ctctatgagt ttcaatgcgg tgacatcact ttttgagaag tataagattg accctaacca 5400 aatcgggcgt cttgaagtag gaagtgagac tgttattgac aaaagcaagt ccatcaagac 5460 cttcttgatg cagctctttg agaaatgtgg aaacactgat gtcgaaggtg ttgactcgac 5520 caatgcttgc tatggtggaa ctgcagcttt gttaaactgt gtcaattggg ttgagagtaa 5580 ctcttgggat ggacgttatg gcctcgtcat ttgtactgac agcgcggttt atgcagaagg 5640 acccgcaagg cccactggag gagctgcagc gattgctatg ttgataggac ctgatgctcc 5700 tatcgttttc gaaagcaaat tgagagcaag ccacatggct catgtctatg acttttacaa 5760 gcccaatctt gctagcgagt acccggttgt tgatggtaag ctttcacaga cttgctacct 5820 catggctctt gactcctgct ataaacattt atgcaacaag ttcgagaaga tcgagggcaa 5880 agagttctcc ataaatgatg ctgattacat tgttttccat tctccataca ataaacttgt 5940 acagaaaagc tttgctcgtc tcttgtacaa cgacttcttg agaaacgcaa gctccattga 6000 cgaggctgcc aaagaaaagt tcacccctta ttcatctttg acccttgacg agagttacca 6060 aagccgtgat cttgaaaagg tgtcacaaca aatttcgaaa ccgttttatg atgctaaagt 6120 gcaaccaacg actttaatac caaaggaagt cggtaacatg tacactgctt ctctctacgc 6180 tgcatttgct tccctcatcc acaataaaca caatgatttg gcgggaaagc gggtggttat 6240 gttctcttat ggaagtggct ccaccgcaac aatgttctca ttacgcctca acgacaataa 6300 gcctcctttc agcatttcaa acattgcatc tgtaatggat gttggcggta aattgaaagc 6360 tagacatgag tatgcacctg agaagtttgt ggagacaatg aagctaatgg aacataggta 6420 tggagcaaag gactttgtga caaccaagga gggtattata gatcttttgg caccgggaac 6480 ttattatctg aaagaggttg attccttgta ccggagattc tatggcaaga aaggtgaaga 6540 tggatctgta gccaatggac actgaggatc cgtcgagcac gtggaggcac atatgcaatg 6600 ctgtgagatg cctgttggat acattcagat tcctgttggg attgctggtc cattgttgct 6660 tgatggttat gagtactctg ttcctatggc tacaaccgaa ggttgtttgg ttgctagcac 6720 taacagaggc tgcaaggcta tgtttatctc tggtggcgcc accagtaccg ttcttaagga 6780 cggtatgacc cgagcacctg ttgttcggtt cgcttcggcg agacgagctt cggagcttaa 6840 gtttttcttg gagaatccag agaactttga tactttggca gtagtcttca acaggtcgag 6900 tagatttgca agactgcaaa gtgttaaatg cacaatcgcg gggaagaatg cttatgtaag 6960 gttctgttgt agtactggtg atgctatggg gatgaatatg gtttctaaag gtgtgcagaa 7020 tgttcttgag tatcttaccg atgatttccc tgacatggat gtgattggaa tctctggtaa 7080 cttctgttcg gacaagaaac ctgctgctgt gaactggatt gagggacgtg gtaaatcagt 7140 tgtttgcgag gctgtaatca gaggagagat cgtgaacaag gtcttgaaaa cgagcgtggc 7200 tgctttagtc gagctcaaca tgctcaagaa cctagctggc tctgctgttg caggctctct 7260 aggtggattc aacgctcatg ccagtaacat agtgtctgct gtattcatag ctactggcca 7320 agatccagct caaaacgtgg agagttctca atgcatcacc atgatggaag ctattaatga 7380 cggcaaagat atccatatct cagtcactat gccatctatc gaggtgggga cagtgggagg 7440 aggaacacag cttgcatctc aatcagcgtg tttaaacctg ctcggagtta aaggagcaag 7500 cacagagtcg ccgggaatga acgcaaggag gctagcgacg atcgtagccg gagcagtttt 7560 agctggagag ttatctttaa tgtcagcaat tgcagctgga cagcttgtga gaagtcacat 7620 gaaatacaat agatccagcc gagacatctc tggagcaacg acaacgacaa caacaacaac 7680 atgacccggg atccg 7695 60 8235 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon C containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and R. caosulatus DNA 60 ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt gagagccttc agtgccccag ggaaagcgtt 60 actagctggt ggatatttag ttttagatac aaaatatgaa gcatttgtag tcggattatc 120 ggcaagaatg catgctgtag cccatcctta cggttcattg caagggtctg ataagtttga 180 agtgcgtgtg aaaagtaaac aatttaaaga tggggagtgg ctgtaccata taagtcctaa 240 aagtggcttc attcctgttt cgataggcgg atctaagaac cctttcattg aaaaagttat 300 cgctaacgta tttagctact ttaaacctaa catggacgac tactgcaata gaaacttgtt 360 cgttattgat attttctctg atgatgccta ccattctcag gaggatagcg ttaccgaaca 420 tcgtggcaac agaagattga gttttcattc gcacagaatt gaagaagttc ccaaaacagg 480 gctgggctcc tcggcaggtt tagtcacagt tttaactaca gctttggcct ccttttttgt 540 atcggacctg gaaaataatg tagacaaata tagagaagtt attcataatt tagcacaagt 600 tgctcattgt caagctcagg gtaaaattgg aagcgggttt gatgtagcgg cggcagcata 660 tggatctatc agatatagaa gattcccacc cgcattaatc tctaatttgc cagatattgg 720 aagtgctact tacggcagta aactggcgca tttggttgat gaagaagact ggaatattac 780 gattaaaagt aaccatttac cttcgggatt aactttatgg atgggcgata ttaagaatgg 840 ttcagaaaca gtaaaactgg tccagaaggt aaaaaattgg tatgattcgc atatgccaga 900 aagcttgaaa atatatacag aactcgatca tgcaaattct agatttatgg atggactatc 960 taaactagat cgcttacacg agactcatga cgattacagc gatcagatat ttgagtctct 1020 tgagaggaat gactgtacct gtcaaaagta tcctgaaatc acagaagtta gagatgcagt 1080 tgccacaatt agacgttcct ttagaaaaat aactaaagaa tctggtgccg atatcgaacc 1140 tcccgtacaa actagcttat tggatgattg ccagacctta aaaggagttc ttacttgctt 1200 aatacctggt gctggtggtt atgacgccat tgcagtgatt actaagcaag atgttgatct 1260 tagggctcaa accgctaatg acaaaagatt ttctaaggtt caatggctgg atgtaactca 1320 ggctgactgg ggtgttagga aagaaaaaga tccggaaact tatcttgata aactgcagga 1380 ggagttttaa tgtcattacc gttcttaact tctgcaccgg gaaaggttat tatttttggt 1440 gaacactctg ctgtgtacaa caagcctgcc gtcgctgcta gtgtgtctgc gttgagaacc 1500 tacctgctaa taagcgagtc atctgcacca gatactattg aattggactt cccggacatt 1560 agctttaatc ataagtggtc catcaatgat ttcaatgcca tcaccgagga tcaagtaaac 1620 tcccaaaaat tggccaaggc tcaacaagcc accgatggct tgtctcagga actcgttagt 1680 cttttggatc cgttgttagc tcaactatcc gaatccttcc actaccatgc agcgttttgt 1740 ttcctgtata tgtttgtttg cctatgcccc catgccaaga atattaagtt ttctttaaag 1800 tctactttac ccatcggtgc tgggttgggc tcaagcgcct ctatttctgt atcactggcc 1860 ttagctatgg cctacttggg ggggttaata ggatctaatg acttggaaaa gctgtcagaa 1920 aacgataagc atatagtgaa tcaatgggcc ttcataggtg aaaagtgtat tcacggtacc 1980 ccttcaggaa tagataacgc tgtggccact tatggtaatg ccctgctatt tgaaaaagac 2040 tcacataatg gaacaataaa cacaaacaat tttaagttct tagatgattt cccagccatt 2100 ccaatgatcc taacctatac tagaattcca aggtctacaa aagatcttgt tgctcgcgtt 2160 cgtgtgttgg tcaccgagaa atttcctgaa gttatgaagc caattctaga tgccatgggt 2220 gaatgtgccc tacaaggctt agagatcatg actaagttaa gtaaatgtaa aggcaccgat 2280 gacgaggctg tagaaactaa taatgaactg tatgaacaac tattggaatt gataagaata 2340 aatcatggac tgcttgtctc aatcggtgtt tctcatcctg gattagaact tattaaaaat 2400 ctgagcgatg atttgagaat tggctccaca aaacttaccg gtgctggtgg cggcggttgc 2460 tctttgactt tgttacgaag agacattact caagagcaaa ttgacagctt caaaaagaaa 2520 ttgcaagatg attttagtta cgagacattt gaaacagact tgggtgggac tggctgctgt 2580 ttgttaagcg caaaaaattt gaataaagat cttaaaatca aatccctagt attccaatta 2640 tttgaaaata aaactaccac aaagcaacaa attgacgatc tattattgcc aggaaacacg 2700 aatttaccat ggacttcaga cgaggagttt taatgactgt atatactgct agtgtaactg 2760 ctccggtaaa tattgctact cttaagtatt gggggaaaag ggacacgaag ttgaatctgc 2820 ccaccaattc gtccatatca gtgactttat cgcaagatga cctcagaacg ttgacctctg 2880 cggctactgc acctgagttt gaacgcgaca ctttgtggtt aaatggagaa ccacacagca 2940 tcgacaatga aagaactcaa aattgtctgc gcgacctacg ccaattaaga aaggaaatgg 3000 aatcgaagga cgcctcattg cccacattat ctcaatggaa actccacatt gtctccgaaa 3060 ataactttcc tacagcagct ggtttagctt cctccgctgc tggctttgct gcattggtct 3120 ctgcaattgc taagttatac caattaccac agtcaacttc agaaatatct agaatagcaa 3180 gaaaggggtc tggttcagct tgtagatcgt tgtttggcgg atacgtggcc tgggaaatgg 3240 gaaaagctga agatggtcat gattccatgg cagtacaaat cgcagacagc tctgactggc 3300 ctcagatgaa agcttgtgtc ctagttgtca gcgatattaa aaaggatgtg agttccactc 3360 agggtatgca attgaccgtg gcaacctccg aactatttaa agaaagaatt gaacatgtcg 3420 taccaaagag atttgaagtc atgcgtaaag ccattgttga aaaagatttc gccacctttg 3480 caaaggaaac aatgatggat tccaactctt tccatgccac atgtttggac tctttccctc 3540 caatattcta catgaatgac acttccaagc gtatcatcag ttggtgccac accattaatc 3600 agttttacgg agaaacaatc gttgcataca cgtttgatgc aggtccaaat gctgtgttgt 3660 actacttagc tgaaaatgag tcgaaactct ttgcatttat ctataaattg tttggctctg 3720 ttcctggatg ggacaagaaa tttactactg agcagcttga ggctttcaac catcaatttg 3780 aatcatctaa ctttactgca cgtgaattgg atcttgagtt gcaaaaggat gttgccagag 3840 tgattttaac tcaagtcggt tcaggcccac aagaaacaaa cgaatctttg attgacgcaa 3900 agactggtct accaaaggaa gaggagtttt aactcgacgc cggcggaggc acatatgtct 3960 cagaacgttt acattgtatc gactgccaga accccaattg gttcattcca gggttctcta 4020 tcctccaaga cagcagtgga attgggtgct gttgctttaa aaggcgcctt ggctaaggtt 4080 ccagaattgg atgcatccaa ggattttgac gaaattattt ttggtaacgt tctttctgcc 4140 aatttgggcc aagctccggc cagacaagtt gctttggctg ccggtttgag taatcatatc 4200 gttgcaagca cagttaacaa ggtctgtgca tccgctatga aggcaatcat tttgggtgct 4260 caatccatca aatgtggtaa tgctgatgtt gtcgtagctg gtggttgtga atctatgact 4320 aacgcaccat actacatgcc agcagcccgt gcgggtgcca aatttggcca aactgttctt 4380 gttgatggtg tcgaaagaga tgggttgaac gatgcgtacg atggtctagc catgggtgta 4440 cacgcagaaa agtgtgcccg tgattgggat attactagag aacaacaaga caattttgcc 4500 atcgaatcct accaaaaatc tcaaaaatct caaaaggaag gtaaattcga caatgaaatt 4560 gtacctgtta ccattaaggg atttagaggt aagcctgata ctcaagtcac gaaggacgag 4620 gaacctgcta gattacacgt tgaaaaattg agatctgcaa ggactgtttt ccaaaaagaa 4680 aacggtactg ttactgccgc taacgcttct ccaatcaacg atggtgctgc agccgtcatc 4740 ttggtttccg aaaaagtttt gaaggaaaag aatttgaagc ctttggctat tatcaaaggt 4800 tggggtgagg ccgctcatca accagctgat tttacatggg ctccatctct tgcagttcca 4860 aaggctttga aacatgctgg catcgaagac atcaattctg ttgattactt tgaattcaat 4920 gaagcctttt cggttgtcgg tttggtgaac actaagattt tgaagctaga cccatctaag 4980 gttaatgtat atggtggtgc tgttgctcta ggtcacccat tgggttgttc tggtgctaga 5040 gtggttgtta cactgctatc catcttacag caagaaggag gtaagatcgg tgttgccgcc 5100 atttgtaatg gtggtggtgg tgcttcctct attgtcattg aaaagatatg aggatcctct 5160 agatgcgcag gaggcacata tggcgaagaa cgttgggatt ttggctatgg atatctattt 5220 ccctcccacc tgtgttcaac aggaagcttt ggaagcacat gatggagcaa gtaaagggaa 5280 atacactatt ggacttggcc aagattgttt agctttttgc actgagcttg aagatgttat 5340 ctctatgagt ttcaatgcgg tgacatcact ttttgagaag tataagattg accctaacca 5400 aatcgggcgt cttgaagtag gaagtgagac tgttattgac aaaagcaagt ccatcaagac 5460 cttcttgatg cagctctttg agaaatgtgg aaacactgat gtcgaaggtg ttgactcgac 5520 caatgcttgc tatggtggaa ctgcagcttt gttaaactgt gtcaattggg ttgagagtaa 5580 ctcttgggat ggacgttatg gcctcgtcat ttgtactgac agcgcggttt atgcagaagg 5640 acccgcaagg cccactggag gagctgcagc gattgctatg ttgataggac ctgatgctcc 5700 tatcgttttc gaaagcaaat tgagagcaag ccacatggct catgtctatg acttttacaa 5760 gcccaatctt gctagcgagt acccggttgt tgatggtaag ctttcacaga cttgctacct 5820 catggctctt gactcctgct ataaacattt atgcaacaag ttcgagaaga tcgagggcaa 5880 agagttctcc ataaatgatg ctgattacat tgttttccat tctccataca ataaacttgt 5940 acagaaaagc tttgctcgtc tcttgtacaa cgacttcttg agaaacgcaa gctccattga 6000 cgaggctgcc aaagaaaagt tcacccctta ttcatctttg acccttgacg agagttacca 6060 aagccgtgat cttgaaaagg tgtcacaaca aatttcgaaa ccgttttatg atgctaaagt 6120 gcaaccaacg actttaatac caaaggaagt cggtaacatg tacactgctt ctctctacgc 6180 tgcatttgct tccctcatcc acaataaaca caatgatttg gcgggaaagc gggtggttat 6240 gttctcttat ggaagtggct ccaccgcaac aatgttctca ttacgcctca acgacaataa 6300 gcctcctttc agcatttcaa acattgcatc tgtaatggat gttggcggta aattgaaagc 6360 tagacatgag tatgcacctg agaagtttgt ggagacaatg aagctaatgg aacataggta 6420 tggagcaaag gactttgtga caaccaagga gggtattata gatcttttgg caccgggaac 6480 ttattatctg aaagaggttg attccttgta ccggagattc tatggcaaga aaggtgaaga 6540 tggatctgta gccaatggac actgaggatc cgtcgagcac gtggaggcac atatgcaatg 6600 ctgtgagatg cctgttggat acattcagat tcctgttggg attgctggtc cattgttgct 6660 tgatggttat gagtactctg ttcctatggc tacaaccgaa ggttgtttgg ttgctagcac 6720 taacagaggc tgcaaggcta tgtttatctc tggtggcgcc accagtaccg ttcttaagga 6780 cggtatgacc cgagcacctg ttgttcggtt cgcttcggcg agacgagctt cggagcttaa 6840 gtttttcttg gagaatccag agaactttga tactttggca gtagtcttca acaggtcgag 6900 tagatttgca agactgcaaa gtgttaaatg cacaatcgcg gggaagaatg cttatgtaag 6960 gttctgttgt agtactggtg atgctatggg gatgaatatg gtttctaaag gtgtgcagaa 7020 tgttcttgag tatcttaccg atgatttccc tgacatggat gtgattggaa tctctggtaa 7080 cttctgttcg gacaagaaac ctgctgctgt gaactggatt gagggacgtg gtaaatcagt 7140 tgtttgcgag gctgtaatca gaggagagat cgtgaacaag gtcttgaaaa cgagcgtggc 7200 tgctttagtc gagctcaaca tgctcaagaa cctagctggc tctgctgttg caggctctct 7260 aggtggattc aacgctcatg ccagtaacat agtgtctgct gtattcatag ctactggcca 7320 agatccagct caaaacgtgg agagttctca atgcatcacc atgatggaag ctattaatga 7380 cggcaaagat atccatatct cagtcactat gccatctatc gaggtgggga cagtgggagg 7440 aggaacacag cttgcatctc aatcagcgtg tttaaacctg ctcggagtta aaggagcaag 7500 cacagagtcg ccgggaatga acgcaaggag gctagcgacg atcgtagccg gagcagtttt 7560 agctggagag ttatctttaa tgtcagcaat tgcagctgga cagcttgtga gaagtcacat 7620 gaaatacaat agatccagcc gagacatctc tggagcaacg acaacgacaa caacaacaac 7680 atgacccgta aggaggcaca tatgagtgag cttatacccg cctgggttgg tgacagactg 7740 gctccggtgg acaagttgga ggtgcatttg aaagggctcc gccacaaggc ggtgtctgtt 7800 ttcgtcatgg atggcgaaaa cgtgctgatc cagcgccgct cggaggagaa atatcactct 7860 cccgggcttt gggcgaacac ctgctgcacc catccgggct ggaccgaacg ccccgaggaa 7920 tgcgcggtgc ggcggctgcg cgaggagctg gggatcaccg ggctttatcc cgcccatgcc 7980 gaccggctgg aatatcgcgc cgatgtcggc ggcggcatga tcgagcatga ggtggtcgac 8040 atctatctgg cctatgccaa accgcatatg cggatcaccc ccgatccgcg cgaagtggcc 8100 gaggtgcgct ggatcggcct ttacgatctg gcggccgagg ccggtcggca tcccgagcgg 8160 ttctcgaaat ggctcaacat ctatctgtcg agccatcttg accggatttt cggatcgatc 8220 ctgcgcggct gagcg 8235 61 7681 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon C containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA, and R. capsulatus DNA 61 ggccgcgtcg actacggccg caggaggagt tcatatgtca gagttgagag ccttcagtgc 60 cccagggaaa gcgttactag ctggtggata tttagtttta gatacaaaat atgaagcatt 120 tgtagtcgga ttatcggcaa gaatgcatgc tgtagcccat ccttacggtt cattgcaagg 180 gtctgataag tttgaagtgc gtgtgaaaag taaacaattt aaagatgggg agtggctgta 240 ccatataagt cctaaaagtg gcttcattcc tgtttcgata ggcggatcta agaacccttt 300 cattgaaaaa gttatcgcta acgtatttag ctactttaaa cctaacatgg acgactactg 360 caatagaaac ttgttcgtta ttgatatttt ctctgatgat gcctaccatt ctcaggagga 420 tagcgttacc gaacatcgtg gcaacagaag attgagtttt cattcgcaca gaattgaaga 480 agttcccaaa acagggctgg gctcctcggc aggtttagtc acagttttaa ctacagcttt 540 ggcctccttt tttgtatcgg acctggaaaa taatgtagac aaatatagag aagttattca 600 taatttagca caagttgctc attgtcaagc tcagggtaaa attggaagcg ggtttgatgt 660 agcggcggca gcatatggat ctatcagata tagaagattc ccacccgcat taatctctaa 720 tttgccagat attggaagtg ctacttacgg cagtaaactg gcgcatttgg ttgatgaaga 780 agactggaat attacgatta aaagtaacca tttaccttcg ggattaactt tatggatggg 840 cgatattaag aatggttcag aaacagtaaa actggtccag aaggtaaaaa attggtatga 900 ttcgcatatg ccagaaagct tgaaaatata tacagaactc gatcatgcaa attctagatt 960 tatggatgga ctatctaaac tagatcgctt acacgagact catgacgatt acagcgatca 1020 gatatttgag tctcttgaga ggaatgactg tacctgtcaa aagtatcctg aaatcacaga 1080 agttagagat gcagttgcca caattagacg ttcctttaga aaaataacta aagaatctgg 1140 tgccgatatc gaacctcccg tacaaactag cttattggat gattgccaga ccttaaaagg 1200 agttcttact tgcttaatac ctggtgctgg tggttatgac gccattgcag tgattactaa 1260 gcaagatgtt gatcttaggg ctcaaaccgc taatgacaaa agattttcta aggttcaatg 1320 gctggatgta actcaggctg actggggtgt taggaaagaa aaagatccgg aaacttatct 1380 tgataaactg caggaggagt tttaatgtca ttaccgttct taacttctgc accgggaaag 1440 gttattattt ttggtgaaca ctctgctgtg tacaacaagc ctgccgtcgc tgctagtgtg 1500 tctgcgttga gaacctacct gctaataagc gagtcatctg caccagatac tattgaattg 1560 gacttcccgg acattagctt taatcataag tggtccatca atgatttcaa tgccatcacc 1620 gaggatcaag taaactccca aaaattggcc aaggctcaac aagccaccga tggcttgtct 1680 caggaactcg ttagtctttt ggatccgttg ttagctcaac tatccgaatc cttccactac 1740 catgcagcgt tttgtttcct gtatatgttt gtttgcctat gcccccatgc caagaatatt 1800 aagttttctt taaagtctac tttacccatc ggtgctgggt tgggctcaag cgcctctatt 1860 tctgtatcac tggccttagc tatggcctac ttgggggggt taataggatc taatgacttg 1920 gaaaagctgt cagaaaacga taagcatata gtgaatcaat gggccttcat aggtgaaaag 1980 tgtattcacg gtaccccttc aggaatagat aacgctgtgg ccacttatgg taatgccctg 2040 ctatttgaaa aagactcaca taatggaaca ataaacacaa acaattttaa gttcttagat 2100 gatttcccag ccattccaat gatcctaacc tatactagaa ttccaaggtc tacaaaagat 2160 cttgttgctc gcgttcgtgt gttggtcacc gagaaatttc ctgaagttat gaagccaatt 2220 ctagatgcca tgggtgaatg tgccctacaa ggcttagaga tcatgactaa gttaagtaaa 2280 tgtaaaggca ccgatgacga ggctgtagaa actaataatg aactgtatga acaactattg 2340 gaattgataa gaataaatca tggactgctt gtctcaatcg gtgtttctca tcctggatta 2400 gaacttatta aaaatctgag cgatgatttg agaattggct ccacaaaact taccggtgct 2460 ggtggcggcg gttgctcttt gactttgtta cgaagagaca ttactcaaga gcaaattgac 2520 agcttcaaaa agaaattgca agatgatttt agttacgaga catttgaaac agacttgggt 2580 gggactggct gctgtttgtt aagcgcaaaa aatttgaata aagatcttaa aatcaaatcc 2640 ctagtattcc aattatttga aaataaaact accacaaagc aacaaattga cgatctatta 2700 ttgccaggaa acacgaattt accatggact tcagacgagg agttttaatg actgtatata 2760 ctgctagtgt aactgctccg gtaaatattg ctactcttaa gtattggggg aaaagggaca 2820 cgaagttgaa tctgcccacc aattcgtcca tatcagtgac tttatcgcaa gatgacctca 2880 gaacgttgac ctctgcggct actgcacctg agtttgaacg cgacactttg tggttaaatg 2940 gagaaccaca cagcatcgac aatgaaagaa ctcaaaattg tctgcgcgac ctacgccaat 3000 taagaaagga aatggaatcg aaggacgcct cattgcccac attatctcaa tggaaactcc 3060 acattgtctc cgaaaataac tttcctacag cagctggttt agcttcctcc gctgctggct 3120 ttgctgcatt ggtctctgca attgctaagt tataccaatt accacagtca acttcagaaa 3180 tatctagaat agcaagaaag gggtctggtt cagcttgtag atcgttgttt ggcggatacg 3240 tggcctggga aatgggaaaa gctgaagatg gtcatgattc catggcagta caaatcgcag 3300 acagctctga ctggcctcag atgaaagctt gtgtcctagt tgtcagcgat attaaaaagg 3360 atgtgagttc cactcagggt atgcaattga ccgtggcaac ctccgaacta tttaaagaaa 3420 gaattgaaca tgtcgtacca aagagatttg aagtcatgcg taaagccatt gttgaaaaag 3480 atttcgccac ctttgcaaag gaaacaatga tggattccaa ctctttccat gccacatgtt 3540 tggactcttt ccctccaata ttctacatga atgacacttc caagcgtatc atcagttggt 3600 gccacaccat taatcagttt tacggagaaa caatcgttgc atacacgttt gatgcaggtc 3660 caaatgctgt gttgtactac ttagctgaaa atgagtcgaa actctttgca tttatctata 3720 aattgtttgg ctctgttcct ggatgggaca agaaatttac tactgagcag cttgaggctt 3780 tcaaccatca atttgaatca tctaacttta ctgcacgtga attggatctt gagttgcaaa 3840 aggatgttgc cagagtgatt ttaactcaag tcggttcagg cccacaagaa acaaacgaat 3900 ctttgattga cgcaaagact ggtctaccaa aggaagagga gttttaactc gagtaggagg 3960 cacatatgtc tcagaacgtt tacattgtat cgactgccag aaccccaatt ggttcattcc 4020 agggttctct atcctccaag acagcagtgg aattgggtgc tgttgcttta aaaggcgcct 4080 tggctaaggt tccagaattg gatgcatcca aggattttga cgaaattatt tttggtaacg 4140 ttctttctgc caatttgggc caagctccgg ccagacaagt tgctttggct gccggtttga 4200 gtaatcatat cgttgcaagc acagttaaca aggtctgtgc atccgctatg aaggcaatca 4260 ttttgggtgc tcaatccatc aaatgtggta atgctgatgt tgtcgtagct ggtggttgtg 4320 aatctatgac taacgcacca tactacatgc cagcagcccg tgcgggtgcc aaatttggcc 4380 aaactgttct tgttgatggt gtcgaaagag atgggttgaa cgatgcgtac gatggtctag 4440 ccatgggtgt acacgcagaa aagtgtgccc gtgattggga tattactaga gaacaacaag 4500 acaattttgc catcgaatcc taccaaaaat ctcaaaaatc tcaaaaggaa ggtaaattcg 4560 acaatgaaat tgtacctgtt accattaagg gatttagagg taagcctgat actcaagtca 4620 cgaaggacga ggaacctgct agattacacg ttgaaaaatt gagatctgca aggactgttt 4680 tccaaaaaga aaacggtact gttactgccg ctaacgcttc tccaatcaac gatggtgctg 4740 cagccgtcat cttggtttcc gaaaaagttt tgaaggaaaa gaatttgaag cctttggcta 4800 ttatcaaagg ttggggtgag gccgctcatc aaccagctga ttttacatgg gctccatctc 4860 ttgcagttcc aaaggctttg aaacatgctg gcatcgaaga catcaattct gttgattact 4920 ttgaattcaa tgaagccttt tcggttgtcg gtttggtgaa cactaagatt ttgaagctag 4980 acccatctaa ggttaatgta tatggtggtg ctgttgctct aggtcaccca ttgggttgtt 5040 ctggtgctag agtggttgtt acactgctat ccatcttaca gcaagaagga ggtaagatcg 5100 gtgttgccgc catttgtaat ggtggtggtg gtgcttcctc tattgtcatt gaaaagatat 5160 gaggatcctc tagatgcgca ggaggcacat atggcgaaga acgttgggat tttggctatg 5220 gatatctatt tccctcccac ctgtgttcaa caggaagctt tggaagcaca tgatggagca 5280 agtaaaggga aatacactat tggacttggc caagattgtt tagctttttg cactgagctt 5340 gaagatgtta tctctatgag tttcaatgcg gtgacatcac tttttgagaa gtataagatt 5400 gaccctaacc aaatcgggcg tcttgaagta ggaagtgaga ctgttattga caaaagcaag 5460 tccatcaaga ccttcttgat gcagctcttt gagaaatgtg gaaacactga tgtcgaaggt 5520 gttgactcga ccaatgcttg ctatggtgga actgcagctt tgttaaactg tgtcaattgg 5580 gttgagagta actcttggga tggacgttat ggcctcgtca tttgtactga cagcgcggtt 5640 tatgcagaag gacccgcaag gcccactgga ggagctgcag cgattgctat gttgatagga 5700 cctgatgctc ctatcgtttt cgaaagcaaa ttgagagcaa gccacatggc tcatgtctat 5760 gacttttaca agcccaatct tgctagcgag tacccggttg ttgatggtaa gctttcacag 5820 acttgctacc tcatggctct tgactcctgc tataaacatt tatgcaacaa gttcgagaag 5880 atcgagggca aagagttctc cataaatgat gctgattaca ttgttttcca ttctccatac 5940 aataaacttg tacagaaaag ctttgctcgt ctcttgtaca acgacttctt gagaaacgca 6000 agctccattg acgaggctgc caaagaaaag ttcacccctt attcatcttt gacccttgac 6060 gagagttacc aaagccgtga tcttgaaaag gtgtcacaac aaatttcgaa accgttttat 6120 gatgctaaag tgcaaccaac gactttaata ccaaaggaag tcggtaacat gtacactgct 6180 tctctctacg ctgcatttgc ttccctcatc cacaataaac acaatgattt ggcgggaaag 6240 cgggtggtta tgttctctta tggaagtggc tccaccgcaa caatgttctc attacgcctc 6300 aacgacaata agcctccttt cagcatttca aacattgcat ctgtaatgga tgttggcggt 6360 aaattgaaag ctagacatga gtatgcacct gagaagtttg tggagacaat gaagctaatg 6420 gaacataggt atggagcaaa ggactttgtg acaaccaagg agggtattat agatcttttg 6480 gcaccgggaa cttattatct gaaagaggtt gattccttgt accggagatt ctatggcaag 6540 aaaggtgaag atggatctgt agccaatgga cactgaggat ccgtcgactc gagcacgtga 6600 ggaggcacat atgacggaaa cgcacgccat agccggggtc ccgatgaggt gggtgggacc 6660 ccttcgtatt tccgggaacg tcgccgagac cgagacccag gtcccgctcg ccacgtacga 6720 gtcgccgctg tggccgtcgg tgggccgcgg ggcgaaggtc tcccggctga cggagaaggg 6780 catcgtcgcc accctcgtcg acgagcggat gacccgctcg gtgatcgtcg aggcgacgga 6840 cgcgcagacc gcgtacatgg ccgcgcagac catccacgcc cgcatcgacg agctgcgcga 6900 ggtggtgcgc ggctgcagcc ggttcgccca gctgatcaac atcaagcacg agatcaacgc 6960 gaacctgctg ttcatccggt tcgagttcac caccggtgac gcctccggcc acaacatggc 7020 cacgctcgcc tccgatgtgc tcctggggca cctgctggag acgatccctg gcatctccta 7080 cggctcgatc tccggcaact actgcacgga caagaaggcc accgcgatca acggcatcct 7140 cggccgcggc aagaacgtga tcaccgagct gctggtgccg cgggacgtcg tcgagaacaa 7200 cctgcacacc acggctgcca agatcgtcga gctgaacatc cgcaagaacc tgctcggcac 7260 cctgctcgcc ggcggcatcc gctcggccaa cgcccacttc gcgaacatgc tgctcggctt 7320 ctacctggcc accggccagg acgccgccaa catcgtcgag ggctcgcagg gcgtcgtcat 7380 ggccgaggac cgcgacggcg acctctactt cgcctgcacc ctgccgaacc tgatcgtcgg 7440 cacggtcggc aacggcaagg gtctcggctt cgtggagacg aacctcgccc ggctcggctg 7500 ccgagccgac cgcgaacccg gggagaacgc ccgccgcctc gccgtcatcg cggcagcgac 7560 cgtgctgtgc ggtgaactct cgctgctcgc ggcacagacg aacccgggcg aactcatgcg 7620 cgcgcacgtc cagctggaac gcgacaacaa gaccgcaaag gttggtgcat agacgcgtgc 7680 g 7681 62 8224 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon E containing A. thaliana, S. cerevesiae, Steptomyces sp CL190 DNA, and R. capsulatus 62 ggccgcgtcg actacggccg caggaggagt tcatatgtca gagttgagag ccttcagtgc 60 cccagggaaa gcgttactag ctggtggata tttagtttta gatacaaaat atgaagcatt 120 tgtagtcgga ttatcggcaa gaatgcatgc tgtagcccat ccttacggtt cattgcaagg 180 gtctgataag tttgaagtgc gtgtgaaaag taaacaattt aaagatgggg agtggctgta 240 ccatataagt cctaaaagtg gcttcattcc tgtttcgata ggcggatcta agaacccttt 300 cattgaaaaa gttatcgcta acgtatttag ctactttaaa cctaacatgg acgactactg 360 caatagaaac ttgttcgtta ttgatatttt ctctgatgat gcctaccatt ctcaggagga 420 tagcgttacc gaacatcgtg gcaacagaag attgagtttt cattcgcaca gaattgaaga 480 agttcccaaa acagggctgg gctcctcggc aggtttagtc acagttttaa ctacagcttt 540 ggcctccttt tttgtatcgg acctggaaaa taatgtagac aaatatagag aagttattca 600 taatttagca caagttgctc attgtcaagc tcagggtaaa attggaagcg ggtttgatgt 660 agcggcggca gcatatggat ctatcagata tagaagattc ccacccgcat taatctctaa 720 tttgccagat attggaagtg ctacttacgg cagtaaactg gcgcatttgg ttgatgaaga 780 agactggaat attacgatta aaagtaacca tttaccttcg ggattaactt tatggatggg 840 cgatattaag aatggttcag aaacagtaaa actggtccag aaggtaaaaa attggtatga 900 ttcgcatatg ccagaaagct tgaaaatata tacagaactc gatcatgcaa attctagatt 960 tatggatgga ctatctaaac tagatcgctt acacgagact catgacgatt acagcgatca 1020 gatatttgag tctcttgaga ggaatgactg tacctgtcaa aagtatcctg aaatcacaga 1080 agttagagat gcagttgcca caattagacg ttcctttaga aaaataacta aagaatctgg 1140 tgccgatatc gaacctcccg tacaaactag cttattggat gattgccaga ccttaaaagg 1200 agttcttact tgcttaatac ctggtgctgg tggttatgac gccattgcag tgattactaa 1260 gcaagatgtt gatcttaggg ctcaaaccgc taatgacaaa agattttcta aggttcaatg 1320 gctggatgta actcaggctg actggggtgt taggaaagaa aaagatccgg aaacttatct 1380 tgataaactg caggaggagt tttaatgtca ttaccgttct taacttctgc accgggaaag 1440 gttattattt ttggtgaaca ctctgctgtg tacaacaagc ctgccgtcgc tgctagtgtg 1500 tctgcgttga gaacctacct gctaataagc gagtcatctg caccagatac tattgaattg 1560 gacttcccgg acattagctt taatcataag tggtccatca atgatttcaa tgccatcacc 1620 gaggatcaag taaactccca aaaattggcc aaggctcaac aagccaccga tggcttgtct 1680 caggaactcg ttagtctttt ggatccgttg ttagctcaac tatccgaatc cttccactac 1740 catgcagcgt tttgtttcct gtatatgttt gtttgcctat gcccccatgc caagaatatt 1800 aagttttctt taaagtctac tttacccatc ggtgctgggt tgggctcaag cgcctctatt 1860 tctgtatcac tggccttagc tatggcctac ttgggggggt taataggatc taatgacttg 1920 gaaaagctgt cagaaaacga taagcatata gtgaatcaat gggccttcat aggtgaaaag 1980 tgtattcacg gtaccccttc aggaatagat aacgctgtgg ccacttatgg taatgccctg 2040 ctatttgaaa aagactcaca taatggaaca ataaacacaa acaattttaa gttcttagat 2100 gatttcccag ccattccaat gatcctaacc tatactagaa ttccaaggtc tacaaaagat 2160 cttgttgctc gcgttcgtgt gttggtcacc gagaaatttc ctgaagttat gaagccaatt 2220 ctagatgcca tgggtgaatg tgccctacaa ggcttagaga tcatgactaa gttaagtaaa 2280 tgtaaaggca ccgatgacga ggctgtagaa actaataatg aactgtatga acaactattg 2340 gaattgataa gaataaatca tggactgctt gtctcaatcg gtgtttctca tcctggatta 2400 gaacttatta aaaatctgag cgatgatttg agaattggct ccacaaaact taccggtgct 2460 ggtggcggcg gttgctcttt gactttgtta cgaagagaca ttactcaaga gcaaattgac 2520 agcttcaaaa agaaattgca agatgatttt agttacgaga catttgaaac agacttgggt 2580 gggactggct gctgtttgtt aagcgcaaaa aatttgaata aagatcttaa aatcaaatcc 2640 ctagtattcc aattatttga aaataaaact accacaaagc aacaaattga cgatctatta 2700 ttgccaggaa acacgaattt accatggact tcagacgagg agttttaatg actgtatata 2760 ctgctagtgt aactgctccg gtaaatattg ctactcttaa gtattggggg aaaagggaca 2820 cgaagttgaa tctgcccacc aattcgtcca tatcagtgac tttatcgcaa gatgacctca 2880 gaacgttgac ctctgcggct actgcacctg agtttgaacg cgacactttg tggttaaatg 2940 gagaaccaca cagcatcgac aatgaaagaa ctcaaaattg tctgcgcgac ctacgccaat 3000 taagaaagga aatggaatcg aaggacgcct cattgcccac attatctcaa tggaaactcc 3060 acattgtctc cgaaaataac tttcctacag cagctggttt agcttcctcc gctgctggct 3120 ttgctgcatt ggtctctgca attgctaagt tataccaatt accacagtca acttcagaaa 3180 tatctagaat agcaagaaag gggtctggtt cagcttgtag atcgttgttt ggcggatacg 3240 tggcctggga aatgggaaaa gctgaagatg gtcatgattc catggcagta caaatcgcag 3300 acagctctga ctggcctcag atgaaagctt gtgtcctagt tgtcagcgat attaaaaagg 3360 atgtgagttc cactcagggt atgcaattga ccgtggcaac ctccgaacta tttaaagaaa 3420 gaattgaaca tgtcgtacca aagagatttg aagtcatgcg taaagccatt gttgaaaaag 3480 atttcgccac ctttgcaaag gaaacaatga tggattccaa ctctttccat gccacatgtt 3540 tggactcttt ccctccaata ttctacatga atgacacttc caagcgtatc atcagttggt 3600 gccacaccat taatcagttt tacggagaaa caatcgttgc atacacgttt gatgcaggtc 3660 caaatgctgt gttgtactac ttagctgaaa atgagtcgaa actctttgca tttatctata 3720 aattgtttgg ctctgttcct ggatgggaca agaaatttac tactgagcag cttgaggctt 3780 tcaaccatca atttgaatca tctaacttta ctgcacgtga attggatctt gagttgcaaa 3840 aggatgttgc cagagtgatt ttaactcaag tcggttcagg cccacaagaa acaaacgaat 3900 ctttgattga cgcaaagact ggtctaccaa aggaagagga gttttaactc gagtaggagg 3960 cacatatgtc tcagaacgtt tacattgtat cgactgccag aaccccaatt ggttcattcc 4020 agggttctct atcctccaag acagcagtgg aattgggtgc tgttgcttta aaaggcgcct 4080 tggctaaggt tccagaattg gatgcatcca aggattttga cgaaattatt tttggtaacg 4140 ttctttctgc caatttgggc caagctccgg ccagacaagt tgctttggct gccggtttga 4200 gtaatcatat cgttgcaagc acagttaaca aggtctgtgc atccgctatg aaggcaatca 4260 ttttgggtgc tcaatccatc aaatgtggta atgctgatgt tgtcgtagct ggtggttgtg 4320 aatctatgac taacgcacca tactacatgc cagcagcccg tgcgggtgcc aaatttggcc 4380 aaactgttct tgttgatggt gtcgaaagag atgggttgaa cgatgcgtac gatggtctag 4440 ccatgggtgt acacgcagaa aagtgtgccc gtgattggga tattactaga gaacaacaag 4500 acaattttgc catcgaatcc taccaaaaat ctcaaaaatc tcaaaaggaa ggtaaattcg 4560 acaatgaaat tgtacctgtt accattaagg gatttagagg taagcctgat actcaagtca 4620 cgaaggacga ggaacctgct agattacacg ttgaaaaatt gagatctgca aggactgttt 4680 tccaaaaaga aaacggtact gttactgccg ctaacgcttc tccaatcaac gatggtgctg 4740 cagccgtcat cttggtttcc gaaaaagttt tgaaggaaaa gaatttgaag cctttggcta 4800 ttatcaaagg ttggggtgag gccgctcatc aaccagctga ttttacatgg gctccatctc 4860 ttgcagttcc aaaggctttg aaacatgctg gcatcgaaga catcaattct gttgattact 4920 ttgaattcaa tgaagccttt tcggttgtcg gtttggtgaa cactaagatt ttgaagctag 4980 acccatctaa ggttaatgta tatggtggtg ctgttgctct aggtcaccca ttgggttgtt 5040 ctggtgctag agtggttgtt acactgctat ccatcttaca gcaagaagga ggtaagatcg 5100 gtgttgccgc catttgtaat ggtggtggtg gtgcttcctc tattgtcatt gaaaagatat 5160 gaggatcctc tagatgcgca ggaggcacat atggcgaaga acgttgggat tttggctatg 5220 gatatctatt tccctcccac ctgtgttcaa caggaagctt tggaagcaca tgatggagca 5280 agtaaaggga aatacactat tggacttggc caagattgtt tagctttttg cactgagctt 5340 gaagatgtta tctctatgag tttcaatgcg gtgacatcac tttttgagaa gtataagatt 5400 gaccctaacc aaatcgggcg tcttgaagta ggaagtgaga ctgttattga caaaagcaag 5460 tccatcaaga ccttcttgat gcagctcttt gagaaatgtg gaaacactga tgtcgaaggt 5520 gttgactcga ccaatgcttg ctatggtgga actgcagctt tgttaaactg tgtcaattgg 5580 gttgagagta actcttggga tggacgttat ggcctcgtca tttgtactga cagcgcggtt 5640 tatgcagaag gacccgcaag gcccactgga ggagctgcag cgattgctat gttgatagga 5700 cctgatgctc ctatcgtttt cgaaagcaaa ttgagagcaa gccacatggc tcatgtctat 5760 gacttttaca agcccaatct tgctagcgag tacccggttg ttgatggtaa gctttcacag 5820 acttgctacc tcatggctct tgactcctgc tataaacatt tatgcaacaa gttcgagaag 5880 atcgagggca aagagttctc cataaatgat gctgattaca ttgttttcca ttctccatac 5940 aataaacttg tacagaaaag ctttgctcgt ctcttgtaca acgacttctt gagaaacgca 6000 agctccattg acgaggctgc caaagaaaag ttcacccctt attcatcttt gacccttgac 6060 gagagttacc aaagccgtga tcttgaaaag gtgtcacaac aaatttcgaa accgttttat 6120 gatgctaaag tgcaaccaac gactttaata ccaaaggaag tcggtaacat gtacactgct 6180 tctctctacg ctgcatttgc ttccctcatc cacaataaac acaatgattt ggcgggaaag 6240 cgggtggtta tgttctctta tggaagtggc tccaccgcaa caatgttctc attacgcctc 6300 aacgacaata agcctccttt cagcatttca aacattgcat ctgtaatgga tgttggcggt 6360 aaattgaaag ctagacatga gtatgcacct gagaagtttg tggagacaat gaagctaatg 6420 gaacataggt atggagcaaa ggactttgtg acaaccaagg agggtattat agatcttttg 6480 gcaccgggaa cttattatct gaaagaggtt gattccttgt accggagatt ctatggcaag 6540 aaaggtgaag atggatctgt agccaatgga cactgaggat ccgtcgactc gagcacgtga 6600 ggaggcacat atgacggaaa cgcacgccat agccggggtc ccgatgaggt gggtgggacc 6660 ccttcgtatt tccgggaacg tcgccgagac cgagacccag gtcccgctcg ccacgtacga 6720 gtcgccgctg tggccgtcgg tgggccgcgg ggcgaaggtc tcccggctga cggagaaggg 6780 catcgtcgcc accctcgtcg acgagcggat gacccgctcg gtgatcgtcg aggcgacgga 6840 cgcgcagacc gcgtacatgg ccgcgcagac catccacgcc cgcatcgacg agctgcgcga 6900 ggtggtgcgc ggctgcagcc ggttcgccca gctgatcaac atcaagcacg agatcaacgc 6960 gaacctgctg ttcatccggt tcgagttcac caccggtgac gcctccggcc acaacatggc 7020 cacgctcgcc tccgatgtgc tcctggggca cctgctggag acgatccctg gcatctccta 7080 cggctcgatc tccggcaact actgcacgga caagaaggcc accgcgatca acggcatcct 7140 cggccgcggc aagaacgtga tcaccgagct gctggtgccg cgggacgtcg tcgagaacaa 7200 cctgcacacc acggctgcca agatcgtcga gctgaacatc cgcaagaacc tgctcggcac 7260 cctgctcgcc ggcggcatcc gctcggccaa cgcccacttc gcgaacatgc tgctcggctt 7320 ctacctggcc accggccagg acgccgccaa catcgtcgag ggctcgcagg gcgtcgtcat 7380 ggccgaggac cgcgacggcg acctctactt cgcctgcacc ctgccgaacc tgatcgtcgg 7440 cacggtcggc aacggcaagg gtctcggctt cgtggagacg aacctcgccc ggctcggctg 7500 ccgagccgac cgcgaacccg gggagaacgc ccgccgcctc gccgtcatcg cggcagcgac 7560 cgtgctgtgc ggtgaactct cgctgctcgc ggcacagacg aacccgggcg aactcatgcg 7620 cgcgcacgtc cagctggaac gcgacaacaa gaccgcaaag gttggtgcat agacgcggta 7680 aggaggcaca tatgagtgag cttatacccg cctgggttgg tgacagactg gctccggtgg 7740 acaagttgga ggtgcatttg aaagggctcc gccacaaggc ggtgtctgtt ttcgtcatgg 7800 atggcgaaaa cgtgctgatc cagcgccgct cggaggagaa atatcactct cccgggcttt 7860 gggcgaacac ctgctgcacc catccgggct ggaccgaacg ccccgaggaa tgcgcggtgc 7920 ggcggctgcg cgaggagctg gggatcaccg ggctttatcc cgcccatgcc gaccggctgg 7980 aatatcgcgc cgatgtcggc ggcggcatga tcgagcatga ggtggtcgac atctatctgg 8040 cctatgccaa accgcatatg cggatcaccc ccgatccgcg cgaagtggcc gaggtgcgct 8100 ggatcggcct ttacgatctg gcggccgagg ccggtcggca tcccgagcgg ttctcgaaat 8160 ggctcaacat ctatctgtcg agccatcttg accggatttt cggatcgatc ctgcgcggct 8220 gagc 8224 63 8077 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon F containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and Streptomyces sp CL190 DNA 63 ccaccgcggc ggccgcgtcg acgccggcgg aggcacatat gtctcagaac gtttacattg 60 tatcgactgc cagaacccca attggttcat tccagggttc tctatcctcc aagacagcag 120 tggaattggg tgctgttgct ttaaaaggcg ccttggctaa ggttccagaa ttggatgcat 180 ccaaggattt tgacgaaatt atttttggta acgttctttc tgccaatttg ggccaagctc 240 cggccagaca agttgctttg gctgccggtt tgagtaatca tatcgttgca agcacagtta 300 acaaggtctg tgcatccgct atgaaggcaa tcattttggg tgctcaatcc atcaaatgtg 360 gtaatgctga tgttgtcgta gctggtggtt gtgaatctat gactaacgca ccatactaca 420 tgccagcagc ccgtgcgggt gccaaatttg gccaaactgt tcttgttgat ggtgtcgaaa 480 gagatgggtt gaacgatgcg tacgatggtc tagccatggg tgtacacgca gaaaagtgtg 540 cccgtgattg ggatattact agagaacaac aagacaattt tgccatcgaa tcctaccaaa 600 aatctcaaaa atctcaaaag gaaggtaaat tcgacaatga aattgtacct gttaccatta 660 agggatttag aggtaagcct gatactcaag tcacgaagga cgaggaacct gctagattac 720 acgttgaaaa attgagatct gcaaggactg ttttccaaaa agaaaacggt actgttactg 780 ccgctaacgc ttctccaatc aacgatggtg ctgcagccgt catcttggtt tccgaaaaag 840 ttttgaagga aaagaatttg aagcctttgg ctattatcaa aggttggggt gaggccgctc 900 atcaaccagc tgattttaca tgggctccat ctcttgcagt tccaaaggct ttgaaacatg 960 ctggcatcga agacatcaat tctgttgatt actttgaatt caatgaagcc ttttcggttg 1020 tcggtttggt gaacactaag attttgaagc tagacccatc taaggttaat gtatatggtg 1080 gtgctgttgc tctaggtcac ccattgggtt gttctggtgc tagagtggtt gttacactgc 1140 tatccatctt acagcaagaa ggaggtaaga tcggtgttgc cgccatttgt aatggtggtg 1200 gtggtgcttc ctctattgtc attgaaaaga tatgaggatc ctctaggtac ttccctggcg 1260 tgtgcagcgg ttgacgcgcc gtgccctcgc tgcgagcggc gcgcacatct gacgtcctgc 1320 tttattgctt tctcagaact cgggacgaag cgatcccatg atcacgcgat ctccatgcag 1380 aaaagacaaa gggagctgag tgcgttgaca ctaccgacct cggctgaggg ggtatcagaa 1440 agccaccggg cccgctcggt cggcatcggt cgcgcccacg ccaaggccat cctgctggga 1500 gagcatgcgg tcgtctacgg agcgccggca ctcgctctgc cgattccgca gctcacggtc 1560 acggccagcg tcggctggtc gtccgaggcc tccgacagtg cgggtggcct gtcctacacg 1620 atgaccggta cgccgtcgcg ggcactggtg acgcaggcct ccgacggcct gcaccggctc 1680 accgcggaat tcatggcgcg gatgggcgtg acgaacgcgc cgcacctcga cgtgatcctg 1740 gacggcgcga tcccgcacgg ccggggtctc ggctccagcg cggccggctc acgcgcgatc 1800 gccttggccc tcgccgacct cttcggccac gaactggccg agcacacggc gtacgaactg 1860 gtgcagacgg ccgagaacat ggcgcacggc cgggccagcg gcgtggacgc gatgacggtc 1920 ggcgcgtccc ggccgctgct gttccagcag ggccgcaccg agcgactggc catcggctgc 1980 gacagcctgt tcatcgtcgc cgacagcggc gtcccgggca gcaccaagga agcggtcgag 2040 atgctgcggg agggattcac ccgcagcgcc ggaacacagg agcggttcgt cggccgggcg 2100 acggaactga ccgaggccgc ccggcaggcc ctcgccgacg gccggcccga ggagctgggc 2160 tcgcagctga cgtactacca cgagctgctc catgaggccc gcctgagcac cgacggcatc 2220 gatgcgctgg tcgaggccgc gctgaaggca ggcagcctcg gagccaagat caccggcggt 2280 ggtctgggcg gctgcatgat cgcacaggcc cggcccgaac aggcccggga ggtcacccgg 2340 cagctccacg aggccggtgc cgtacagacc tgggtcgtac cgctgaaagg gctcgacaac 2400 catgcgcagt gaacacccga ccacgaccgt gctccagtcg cgggagcagg gcagcgcggc 2460 cggcgccacc gcggtcgcgc acccaaacat cgcgctgatc aagtactggg gcaagcgcga 2520 cgagcggctg atcctgccct gcaccaccag cctgtcgatg acgctggacg tcttccccac 2580 gaccaccgag gtccggctcg accccgccgc cgagcacgac acggccgccc tcaacggcga 2640 ggtggccacg ggcgagacgc tgcgccgcat cagcgccttc ctctccctgg tgcgggaggt 2700 ggcgggcagc gaccagcggg ccgtggtgga cacccgcaac accgtgccca ccggggcggg 2760 cctggcgtcc tccgccagcg ggttcgccgc cctcgccgtc gcggccgcgg ccgcctacgg 2820 gctcgaactc gacgaccgcg ggctgtcccg gctggcccga cgtggatccg gctccgcctc 2880 gcggtcgatc ttcggcggct tcgccgtctg gcacgccggc cccgacggca cggccacgga 2940 agcggacctc ggctcctacg ccgagccggt gcccgcggcc gacctcgacc cggcgctggt 3000 catcgccgtg gtcaacgccg gccccaagcc cgtctccagc cgcgaggcca tgcgccgcac 3060 cgtcgacacc tcgccgctgt accggccgtg ggccgactcc agtaaggacg acctggacga 3120 gatgcgctcg gcgctgctgc gcggcgacct cgaggccgtg ggcgagatcg cggagcgcaa 3180 cgcgctcggc atgcacgcca ccatgctggc cgcccgcccc gcggtgcggt acctgtcgcc 3240 ggccacggtc accgtgctcg acagcgtgct ccagctccgc aaggacggtg tcctggccta 3300 cgcgaccatg gacgccggtc ccaacgtgaa ggtgctgtgc cggcgggcgg acgccgagcg 3360 ggtggccgac gtcgtacgcg ccgccgcgtc cggcggtcag gtcctcgtcg ccgggccggg 3420 agacggtgcc cgcctgctga gcgagggcgc atgacgacag gtcagcgcac gatcgtccgg 3480 cacgcgccgg gcaagctgtt cgtcgcgggc gagtacgcgg tcgtggatcc gggcaacccg 3540 gcgatcctgg tagcggtcga ccggcacatc agcgtcaccg tgtccgacgc cgacgcggac 3600 accggggccg ccgacgtcgt gatctcctcc gacctcggtc cgcaggcggt cggctggcgc 3660 tggcacgacg gccggctcgt cgtccgcgac ccggacgacg ggcagcaggc gcgcagcgcc 3720 ctggcccacg tggtgtcggc gatcgagacc gtgggccggc tgctgggcga acgcggacag 3780 aaggtccccg ctctcaccct ctccgtcagc agccgcctgc acgaggacgg ccggaagttc 3840 ggcctgggct ccagcggcgc ggtgaccgtg gcgaccgtag ccgccgtcgc cgcgttctgc 3900 ggactcgaac tgtccaccga cgaacggttc cggctggcca tgctcgccac cgcggaactc 3960 gaccccaagg gctccggcgg ggacctcgcc gccagcacct ggggcggctg gatcgcctac 4020 caggcgcccg accgggcctt tgtgctcgac ctggcccggc gcgtgggagt cgaccggaca 4080 ctgaaggcgc cctggccggg gcactcggtg cgccgactgc cggcgcccaa gggcctcacc 4140 ctggaggtcg gctggaccgg agagcccgcc tccaccgcgt ccctggtgtc cgatctgcac 4200 cgccgcacct ggcggggcag cgcctcccac cagaggttcg tcgagaccac gaccgactgt 4260 gtccgctccg cggtcaccgc cctggagtcc ggcgacgaca cgagcctgct gcacgagatc 4320 cgccgggccc gccaggagct ggcccgcctg gacgacgagg tcggcctcgg catcttcaca 4380 cccaagctga cggcgctgtg cgacgccgcc gaagccgtcg gcggcgcggc caagccctcc 4440 ggggcaggcg gcggcgactg cggcatcgcc ctgctggacg ccgaggcgtc gcgggacatc 4500 acacatgtac ggcaacggtg ggagacagcc ggggtgctgc ccctgcccct gactcctgcc 4560 ctggaaggga tctaagaatg accagcgccc aacgcaagga cgaccacgta cggctcgcca 4620 tcgagcagca caacgcccac agcggacgca accagttcga cgacgtgtcg ttcgtccacc 4680 acgccctggc cggcatcgac cggccggacg tgtccctggc cacgtccttc gccgggatct 4740 cctggcaggt gccgatctac atcaacgcga tgaccggcgg cagcgagaag accggcctca 4800 tcaaccggga cctggccacc gccgcccgcg agaccggcgt ccccatcgcg tccgggtcca 4860 tgaacgcgta catcaaggac ccctcctgcg ccgacacgtt ccgtgtgctg cgcgacgaga 4920 accccaacgg gttcgtcatc gcgaacatca acgccaccac gacggtcgac aacgcgcagc 4980 gcgcgatcga cctgatcgag gcgaacgccc tgcagatcca catcaacacg gcgcaggaga 5040 cgccgatgcc ggagggcgac cggtcgttcg cgtcctgggt cccgcagatc gagaagatcg 5100 cggcggccgt cgacatcccc gtgatcgtca aggaggtcgg caacggcctg agccggcaga 5160 ccatcctgct gctcgccgac ctcggcgtgc aggcggcgga cgtcagcggc cgcggcggca 5220 cggacttcgc ccgcatcgag aacggccgcc gggagctcgg cgactacgcg ttcctgcacg 5280 gctgggggca gtccaccgcc gcctgcctgc tggacgccca ggacatctcc ctgcccgtcc 5340 tcgcctccgg cggtgtgcgt cacccgctcg acgtggtccg cgccctcgcg ctcggcgccc 5400 gcgccgtcgg ctcctccgcc ggcttcctgc gcaccctgat ggacgacggc gtcgacgcgc 5460 tgatcacgaa gctcacgacc tggctggacc agctggcggc gctgcagacc atgctcggcg 5520 cgcgcacccc ggccgacctc acccgctgcg acgtgctgct ccacggcgag ctgcgtgact 5580 tctgcgccga ccggggcatc gacacgcgcc gcctcgccca gcgctccagc tccatcgagg 5640 ccctccagac gacgggaagc acacgatgac ggaaacgcac gccatagccg gggtcccgat 5700 gaggtgggtg ggaccccttc gtatttccgg gaacgtcgcc gagaccgaga cccaggtccc 5760 gctcgccacg tacgagtcgc cgctgtggcc gtcggtgggc cgcggggcga aggtctcccg 5820 gctgacggag aagggcatcg tcgccaccct cgtcgacgag cggatgaccc gctcggtgat 5880 cgtcgaggcg acggacgcgc agaccgcgta catggccgcg cagaccatcc acgcccgcat 5940 cgacgagctg cgcgaggtgg tgcgcggctg cagccggttc gcccagctga tcaacatcaa 6000 gcacgagatc aacgcgaacc tgctgttcat ccggttcgag ttcaccaccg gtgacgcctc 6060 cggccacaac atggccacgc tcgcctccga tgtgctcctg gggcacctgc tggagacgat 6120 ccctggcatc tcctacggct cgatctccgg caactactgc acggacaaga aggccaccgc 6180 gatcaacggc atcctcggcc gcggcaagaa cgtgatcacc gagctgctgg tgccgcggga 6240 cgtcgtcgag aacaacctgc acaccacggc tgccaagatc gtcgagctga acatccgcaa 6300 gaacctgctc ggcaccctgc tcgccggcgg catccgctcg gccaacgccc acttcgcgaa 6360 catgctgctc ggcttctacc tggccaccgg ccaggacgcc gccaacatcg tcgagggctc 6420 gcagggcgtc gtcatggccg aggaccgcga cggcgacctc tacttcgcct gcaccctgcc 6480 gaacctgatc gtcggcacgg tcggcaacgg caagggtctc ggcttcgtgg agacgaacct 6540 cgcccggctc ggctgccgag ccgaccgcga acccggggag aacgcccgcc gcctcgccgt 6600 catcgcggca gcgaccgtgc tgtgcggtga actctcgctg ctcgcggcac agacgaaccc 6660 gggcgaactc atgcgcgcgc acgtccagct ggaacgcgac aacaagaccg caaaggttgg 6720 tgcatagggc atgtccatct ccataggcat tcacgacctg tcgttcgcca caaccgagtt 6780 cgtcctgccg cacacggcgc tcgccgagta caacggcacc gagatcggca agtaccacgt 6840 cggcatcggc cagcagtcga tgagcgtgcc ggccgccgac gaggacatcg tgaccatggc 6900 cgcgaccgcg gcgcggccca tcatcgagcg caacggcaag agccggatcc gcacggtcgt 6960 gttcgccacg gagtcgtcga tcgaccaggc gaaggcgggc ggcgtgtacg tgcactccct 7020 gctggggctg gagtcggcct gccgggtcgt cgagctgaag caggcctgct acggggccac 7080 cgccgccctt cagttcgcca tcggcctggt gcggcgcgac cccgcccagc aggtcctggt 7140 catcgccagt gacgtctcca agtacgagct ggacagcccc ggcgaggcga cccagggcgc 7200 ggccgcggtg gccatgctgg tcggcgccga cccggccctg ctgcgtatcg aggagccgtc 7260 gggcctgttc accgccgacg tcatggactt ctggcggccc aactacctca ccaccgctct 7320 ggtcgacggc caggagtcca tcaacgccta cctgcaggcc gtcgagggcg cctggaagga 7380 ctacgcggag caggacggcc ggtcgctgga ggagttcgcg gcgttcgtct accaccagcc 7440 gttcacgaag atggcctaca aggcgcaccg ccacctgctg aacttcaacg gctacgacac 7500 cgacaaggac gccatcgagg gcgccctcgg ccagacgacg gcgtacaaca acgtcatcgg 7560 caacagctac accgcgtcgg tgtacctggg cctggccgcc ctgctcgacc aggcggacga 7620 cctgacgggc cgttccatcg gcttcctgag ctacggctcg ggcagcgtcg ccgagttctt 7680 ctcgggcacc gtcgtcgccg ggtaccgcga gcgtctgcgc accgaggcga accaggaggc 7740 gatcgcccgg cgcaagagcg tcgactacgc cacctaccgc gagctgcacg agtacacgct 7800 cccgtccgac ggcggcgacc acgccacccc ggtgcagacc accggcccct tccggctggc 7860 cgggatcaac gaccacaagc gcatctacga ggcgcgctag cgacacccct cggcaacggg 7920 gtgcgccact gttcggcgca ccccgtgccg ggctttcgca cagctattca cgaccatttg 7980 aggggcgggc agccgcatga ccgacgtccg attccgcatt atcggtacgg gtgcctacct 8040 agaactagtg gatcccccgg gctgcaggaa ttcgata 8077 64 8400 DNA Artificial Sequence Operon G containing A. thaliana, S. cerevisiae, and S. pombe DNA 64 ggccgcagga ggagttcata tgtcagagtt gagagccttc agtgccccag ggaaagcgtt 60 actagctggt ggatatttag ttttagatac aaaatatgaa gcatttgtag tcggattatc 120 ggcaagaatg catgctgtag cccatcctta cggttcattg caagggtctg ataagtttga 180 agtgcgtgtg aaaagtaaac aatttaaaga tggggagtgg ctgtaccata taagtcctaa 240 aagtggcttc attcctgttt cgataggcgg atctaagaac cctttcattg aaaaagttat 300 cgctaacgta tttagctact ttaaacctaa catggacgac tactgcaata gaaacttgtt 360 cgttattgat attttctctg atgatgccta ccattctcag gaggatagcg ttaccgaaca 420 tcgtggcaac agaagattga gttttcattc gcacagaatt gaagaagttc ccaaaacagg 480 gctgggctcc tcggcaggtt tagtcacagt tttaactaca gctttggcct ccttttttgt 540 atcggacctg gaaaataatg tagacaaata tagagaagtt attcataatt tagcacaagt 600 tgctcattgt caagctcagg gtaaaattgg aagcgggttt gatgtagcgg cggcagcata 660 tggatctatc agatatagaa gattcccacc cgcattaatc tctaatttgc cagatattgg 720 aagtgctact tacggcagta aactggcgca tttggttgat gaagaagact ggaatattac 780 gattaaaagt aaccatttac cttcgggatt aactttatgg atgggcgata ttaagaatgg 840 ttcagaaaca gtaaaactgg tccagaaggt aaaaaattgg tatgattcgc atatgccaga 900 aagcttgaaa atatatacag aactcgatca tgcaaattct agatttatgg atggactatc 960 taaactagat cgcttacacg agactcatga cgattacagc gatcagatat ttgagtctct 1020 tgagaggaat gactgtacct gtcaaaagta tcctgaaatc acagaagtta gagatgcagt 1080 tgccacaatt agacgttcct ttagaaaaat aactaaagaa tctggtgccg atatcgaacc 1140 tcccgtacaa actagcttat tggatgattg ccagacctta aaaggagttc ttacttgctt 1200 aatacctggt gctggtggtt atgacgccat tgcagtgatt actaagcaag atgttgatct 1260 tagggctcaa accgctaatg acaaaagatt ttctaaggtt caatggctgg atgtaactca 1320 ggctgactgg ggtgttagga aagaaaaaga tccggaaact tatcttgata aactgcagga 1380 ggagttttaa tgtcattacc gttcttaact tctgcaccgg gaaaggttat tatttttggt 1440 gaacactctg ctgtgtacaa caagcctgcc gtcgctgcta gtgtgtctgc gttgagaacc 1500 tacctgctaa taagcgagtc atctgcacca gatactattg aattggactt cccggacatt 1560 agctttaatc ataagtggtc catcaatgat ttcaatgcca tcaccgagga tcaagtaaac 1620 tcccaaaaat tggccaaggc tcaacaagcc accgatggct tgtctcagga actcgttagt 1680 cttttggatc cgttgttagc tcaactatcc gaatccttcc actaccatgc agcgttttgt 1740 ttcctgtata tgtttgtttg cctatgcccc catgccaaga atattaagtt ttctttaaag 1800 tctactttac ccatcggtgc tgggttgggc tcaagcgcct ctatttctgt atcactggcc 1860 ttagctatgg cctacttggg ggggttaata ggatctaatg acttggaaaa gctgtcagaa 1920 aacgataagc atatagtgaa tcaatgggcc ttcataggtg aaaagtgtat tcacggtacc 1980 ccttcaggaa tagataacgc tgtggccact tatggtaatg ccctgctatt tgaaaaagac 2040 tcacataatg gaacaataaa cacaaacaat tttaagttct tagatgattt cccagccatt 2100 ccaatgatcc taacctatac tagaattcca aggtctacaa aagatcttgt tgctcgcgtt 2160 cgtgtgttgg tcaccgagaa atttcctgaa gttatgaagc caattctaga tgccatgggt 2220 gaatgtgccc tacaaggctt agagatcatg actaagttaa gtaaatgtaa aggcaccgat 2280 gacgaggctg tagaaactaa taatgaactg tatgaacaac tattggaatt gataagaata 2340 aatcatggac tgcttgtctc aatcggtgtt tctcatcctg gattagaact tattaaaaat 2400 ctgagcgatg atttgagaat tggctccaca aaacttaccg gtgctggtgg cggcggttgc 2460 tctttgactt tgttacgaag agacattact caagagcaaa ttgacagctt caaaaagaaa 2520 ttgcaagatg attttagtta cgagacattt gaaacagact tgggtgggac tggctgctgt 2580 ttgttaagcg caaaaaattt gaataaagat cttaaaatca aatccctagt attccaatta 2640 tttgaaaata aaactaccac aaagcaacaa attgacgatc tattattgcc aggaaacacg 2700 aatttaccat ggacttcaga cgaggagttt taatgactgt atatactgct agtgtaactg 2760 ctccggtaaa tattgctact cttaagtatt gggggaaaag ggacacgaag ttgaatctgc 2820 ccaccaattc gtccatatca gtgactttat cgcaagatga cctcagaacg ttgacctctg 2880 cggctactgc acctgagttt gaacgcgaca ctttgtggtt aaatggagaa ccacacagca 2940 tcgacaatga aagaactcaa aattgtctgc gcgacctacg ccaattaaga aaggaaatgg 3000 aatcgaagga cgcctcattg cccacattat ctcaatggaa actccacatt gtctccgaaa 3060 ataactttcc tacagcagct ggtttagctt cctccgctgc tggctttgct gcattggtct 3120 ctgcaattgc taagttatac caattaccac agtcaacttc agaaatatct agaatagcaa 3180 gaaaggggtc tggttcagct tgtagatcgt tgtttggcgg atacgtggcc tgggaaatgg 3240 gaaaagctga agatggtcat gattccatgg cagtacaaat cgcagacagc tctgactggc 3300 ctcagatgaa agcttgtgtc ctagttgtca gcgatattaa aaaggatgtg agttccactc 3360 agggtatgca attgaccgtg gcaacctccg aactatttaa agaaagaatt gaacatgtcg 3420 taccaaagag atttgaagtc atgcgtaaag ccattgttga aaaagatttc gccacctttg 3480 caaaggaaac aatgatggat tccaactctt tccatgccac atgtttggac tctttccctc 3540 caatattcta catgaatgac acttccaagc gtatcatcag ttggtgccac accattaatc 3600 agttttacgg agaaacaatc gttgcataca cgtttgatgc aggtccaaat gctgtgttgt 3660 actacttagc tgaaaatgag tcgaaactct ttgcatttat ctataaattg tttggctctg 3720 ttcctggatg ggacaagaaa tttactactg agcagcttga ggctttcaac catcaatttg 3780 aatcatctaa ctttactgca cgtgaattgg atcttgagtt gcaaaaggat gttgccagag 3840 tgattttaac tcaagtcggt tcaggcccac aagaaacaaa cgaatctttg attgacgcaa 3900 agactggtct accaaaggaa gaggagtttt aactcgacgc cggcggaggc acatatgtct 3960 cagaacgttt acattgtatc gactgccaga accccaattg gttcattcca gggttctcta 4020 tcctccaaga cagcagtgga attgggtgct gttgctttaa aaggcgcctt ggctaaggtt 4080 ccagaattgg atgcatccaa ggattttgac gaaattattt ttggtaacgt tctttctgcc 4140 aatttgggcc aagctccggc cagacaagtt gctttggctg ccggtttgag taatcatatc 4200 gttgcaagca cagttaacaa ggtctgtgca tccgctatga aggcaatcat tttgggtgct 4260 caatccatca aatgtggtaa tgctgatgtt gtcgtagctg gtggttgtga atctatgact 4320 aacgcaccat actacatgcc agcagcccgt gcgggtgcca aatttggcca aactgttctt 4380 gttgatggtg tcgaaagaga tgggttgaac gatgcgtacg atggtctagc catgggtgta 4440 cacgcagaaa agtgtgcccg tgattgggat attactagag aacaacaaga caattttgcc 4500 atcgaatcct accaaaaatc tcaaaaatct caaaaggaag gtaaattcga caatgaaatt 4560 gtacctgtta ccattaaggg atttagaggt aagcctgata ctcaagtcac gaaggacgag 4620 gaacctgcta gattacacgt tgaaaaattg agatctgcaa ggactgtttt ccaaaaagaa 4680 aacggtactg ttactgccgc taacgcttct ccaatcaacg atggtgctgc agccgtcatc 4740 ttggtttccg aaaaagtttt gaaggaaaag aatttgaagc ctttggctat tatcaaaggt 4800 tggggtgagg ccgctcatca accagctgat tttacatggg ctccatctct tgcagttcca 4860 aaggctttga aacatgctgg catcgaagac atcaattctg ttgattactt tgaattcaat 4920 gaagcctttt cggttgtcgg tttggtgaac actaagattt tgaagctaga cccatctaag 4980 gttaatgtat atggtggtgc tgttgctcta ggtcacccat tgggttgttc tggtgctaga 5040 gtggttgtta cactgctatc catcttacag caagaaggag gtaagatcgg tgttgccgcc 5100 atttgtaatg gtggtggtgg tgcttcctct attgtcattg aaaagatatg aggatcctct 5160 agatgcgcag gaggcacata tggcgaagaa cgttgggatt ttggctatgg atatctattt 5220 ccctcccacc tgtgttcaac aggaagcttt ggaagcacat gatggagcaa gtaaagggaa 5280 atacactatt ggacttggcc aagattgttt agctttttgc actgagcttg aagatgttat 5340 ctctatgagt ttcaatgcgg tgacatcact ttttgagaag tataagattg accctaacca 5400 aatcgggcgt cttgaagtag gaagtgagac tgttattgac aaaagcaagt ccatcaagac 5460 cttcttgatg cagctctttg agaaatgtgg aaacactgat gtcgaaggtg ttgactcgac 5520 caatgcttgc tatggtggaa ctgcagcttt gttaaactgt gtcaattggg ttgagagtaa 5580 ctcttgggat ggacgttatg gcctcgtcat ttgtactgac agcgcggttt atgcagaagg 5640 acccgcaagg cccactggag gagctgcagc gattgctatg ttgataggac ctgatgctcc 5700 tatcgttttc gaaagcaaat tgagagcaag ccacatggct catgtctatg acttttacaa 5760 gcccaatctt gctagcgagt acccggttgt tgatggtaag ctttcacaga cttgctacct 5820 catggctctt gactcctgct ataaacattt atgcaacaag ttcgagaaga tcgagggcaa 5880 agagttctcc ataaatgatg ctgattacat tgttttccat tctccataca ataaacttgt 5940 acagaaaagc tttgctcgtc tcttgtacaa cgacttcttg agaaacgcaa gctccattga 6000 cgaggctgcc aaagaaaagt tcacccctta ttcatctttg acccttgacg agagttacca 6060 aagccgtgat cttgaaaagg tgtcacaaca aatttcgaaa ccgttttatg atgctaaagt 6120 gcaaccaacg actttaatac caaaggaagt cggtaacatg tacactgctt ctctctacgc 6180 tgcatttgct tccctcatcc acaataaaca caatgatttg gcgggaaagc gggtggttat 6240 gttctcttat ggaagtggct ccaccgcaac aatgttctca ttacgcctca acgacaataa 6300 gcctcctttc agcatttcaa acattgcatc tgtaatggat gttggcggta aattgaaagc 6360 tagacatgag tatgcacctg agaagtttgt ggagacaatg aagctaatgg aacataggta 6420 tggagcaaag gactttgtga caaccaagga gggtattata gatcttttgg caccgggaac 6480 ttattatctg aaagaggttg attccttgta ccggagattc tatggcaaga aaggtgaaga 6540 tggatctgta gccaatggac actgaggatc cgtcgagcac gtggaggcac atatgcaatg 6600 ctgtgagatg cctgttggat acattcagat tcctgttggg attgctggtc cattgttgct 6660 tgatggttat gagtactctg ttcctatggc tacaaccgaa ggttgtttgg ttgctagcac 6720 taacagaggc tgcaaggcta tgtttatctc tggtggcgcc accagtaccg ttcttaagga 6780 cggtatgacc cgagcacctg ttgttcggtt cgcttcggcg agacgagctt cggagcttaa 6840 gtttttcttg gagaatccag agaactttga tactttggca gtagtcttca acaggtcgag 6900 tagatttgca agactgcaaa gtgttaaatg cacaatcgcg gggaagaatg cttatgtaag 6960 gttctgttgt agtactggtg atgctatggg gatgaatatg gtttctaaag gtgtgcagaa 7020 tgttcttgag tatcttaccg atgatttccc tgacatggat gtgattggaa tctctggtaa 7080 cttctgttcg gacaagaaac ctgctgctgt gaactggatt gagggacgtg gtaaatcagt 7140 tgtttgcgag gctgtaatca gaggagagat cgtgaacaag gtcttgaaaa cgagcgtggc 7200 tgctttagtc gagctcaaca tgctcaagaa cctagctggc tctgctgttg caggctctct 7260 aggtggattc aacgctcatg ccagtaacat agtgtctgct gtattcatag ctactggcca 7320 agatccagct caaaacgtgg agagttctca atgcatcacc atgatggaag ctattaatga 7380 cggcaaagat atccatatct cagtcactat gccatctatc gaggtgggga cagtgggagg 7440 aggaacacag cttgcatctc aatcagcgtg tttaaacctg ctcggagtta aaggagcaag 7500 cacagagtcg ccgggaatga acgcaaggag gctagcgacg atcgtagccg gagcagtttt 7560 agctggagag ttatctttaa tgtcagcaat tgcagctgga cagcttgtga gaagtcacat 7620 gaaatacaat agatccagcc gagacatctc tggagcaacg acaacgacaa caacaacaac 7680 atgacccgta ggaggcacat atgagttccc aacaagagaa aaaggattat gatgaagaac 7740 aattaaggtt gatggaagaa gtttgtatcg ttgtagatga aaatgatgtc cctttaagat 7800 atggaacgaa aaaggagtgt catttgatgg aaaatataaa taaaggtctt ttgcatagag 7860 cattctctat gttcatcttt gatgagcaaa atcgcctttt acttcagcag cgtgcagaag 7920 agaaaattac atttccatcc ttatggacga atacatgttg ctcccaccca ttggatgttg 7980 ctggtgaacg tggtaatact ttacctgaag ctgttgaagg tgttaagaat gcagctcaac 8040 gcaagctgtt ccatgaattg ggtattcaag ccaagtatat tcccaaagac aaatttcagt 8100 ttcttacacg aatccattac cttgctccta gtactggtgc ttggggagag catgaaattg 8160 actacattct tttcttcaaa ggtaaagttg agctggatat caatcccaat gaagttcaag 8220 cctataagta tgttactatg gaagagttaa aagagatgtt ttccgatcct caatatggat 8280 tcacaccatg gttcaaactt atttgtgagc attttatgtt taaatggtgg caggatgtag 8340 atcatgcgtc aaaattccaa gataccttaa ttcatcgttg ctaaggatcc cccgggatcc 8400 65 55 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing R. capsulatus DNA 65 gcgatatcgg atccaggagg accatatgat cgccgaagcg gatatggagg tctgc 55 66 50 DNA Artificial Sequence PCR primer containing R. capsulatus DNA 66 gcgatatcaa gcttggatcc tcaatccatc gccaggccgc ggtcgcgcgc 50 67 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. caopsulatus DNA 67 ctttcctgaa acataattta taatcagatc caggaggacc atatgatcgc cgaagcggat 60 68 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA 68 cgaccgcggc ctggcgatgg attgaggatc taaacaaacc cggaacagac cgttgggaag 60 69 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA 69 atttttcatc tcgaattgta ttcccacgaa ggccgcgtcg actacggccg caggaggagt 60 70 60 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide containing N. tabacum and R. capsulatus DNA 70 ttcggatcga tcctgcgcgg ctgagcggcc ggaatggtga agttgaaaaa cgaatccttc 60 71 1020 DNA Rhodobacter capsulatus 71 atgatcgccg aagcggatat ggaggtctgc cgggagctga tccgcaccgg cagctactcc 60 ttccatgcgg cgtccagagt tctgccggcg cgggtccgtg accccgcgct ggcgctttac 120 gccttttgcc gcgtcgccga tgacgaagtc gacgaggttg gcgcgccgcg cgacaaggct 180 gcggcggttt tgaaacttgg cgaccggctg gaggacatct atgccggtcg tccgcgcaat 240 gcgccctcgg atcgggcttt cgcggcggtg gtcgaggaat tcgagatgcc gcgcgaattg 300 cccgaggcgc tgctggaggg cttcgcctgg gatgccgagg ggcggtggta tcacacgctt 360 tcggacgtgc aggcctattc ggcgcgggtg gcggccgccg tcggcgcgat gatgtgcgtg 420 ctgatgcggg tgcgcaaccc cgatgcgctg gcgcgggcct gcgatctcgg tcttgccatg 480 cagatgtcga acatcgcccg cgacgtgggc gaggatgccc gggcggggcg gcttttcctg 540 ccgaccgact ggatggtcga ggaggggatc gatccgcagg cgttcctggc cgatccgcag 600 cccaccaagg gcatccgccg ggtcaccgag cggttgctga accgcgccga ccggctttac 660 tggcgggcgg cgacgggggt gcggcttttg ccctttgact gccgaccggg gatcatggcc 720 gcgggcaaga tctatgccgc gatcggggcc gaggtggcga aggcgaaata cgacaacatc 780 acccggcgtg cccacacgac caagggccgc aagctgtggc tggtggcgaa ttccgcgatg 840 tcggcgacgg cgacctcgat gctgccgctc tcgccgcggg tgcatgccaa gcccgagccc 900 gaagtggcgc atctggtcga tgccgccgcg catcgcaacc tgcatcccga acggtccgag 960 gtgctgatct cggcgctgat ggcgctgaag gcgcgcgacc gcggcctggc gatggattga 1020 72 13917 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Plastid transformation vector pHKO4, containing Operon B, contain i 72 gcacttttcg gggaaatgtg cgcggaaccc ctatttgttt atttttctaa atacattcaa 60 atatgtatcc gctcatgaga caataaccct gataaatgct tcaataatat tgaaaaagga 120 agagtatgag tattcaacat ttccgtgtcg cccttattcc cttttttgcg gcattttgcc 180 ttcctgtttt tgctcaccca gaaacgctgg tgaaagtaaa agatgctgaa gatcagttgg 240 gtgcacgagt gggttacatc gaactggatc tcaacagcgg taagatcctt gagagttttc 300 gccccgaaga acgttttcca atgatgagca cttttaaagt tctgctatgt ggcgcggtat 360 tatcccgtat tgacgccggg caagagcaac tcggtcgccg catacactat tctcagaatg 420 acttggttga gtactcacca gtcacagaaa agcatcttac ggatggcatg acagtaagag 480 aattatgcag tgctgccata accatgagtg ataacactgc ggccaactta cttctgacaa 540 cgatcggagg accgaaggag ctaaccgctt ttttgcacaa catgggggat catgtaactc 600 gccttgatcg ttgggaaccg gagctgaatg aagccatacc aaacgacgag cgtgacacca 660 cgatgcctgt agcaatggca acaacgttgc gcaaactatt aactggcgaa ctacttactc 720 tagcttcccg gcaacaatta atagactgga tggaggcgga taaagttgca ggaccacttc 780 tgcgctcggc ccttccggct ggctggttta ttgctgataa atctggagcc ggtgagcgtg 840 ggtctcgcgg tatcattgca gcactggggc cagatggtaa gccctcccgt atcgtagtta 900 tctacacgac ggggagtcag gcaactatgg atgaacgaaa tagacagatc gctgagatag 960 gtgcctcact gattaagcat tggtaactgt cagaccaagt ttactcatat atactttaga 1020 ttgatttaaa acttcatttt taatttaaaa ggatctaggt gaagatcctt tttgataatc 1080 tcatgaccaa aatcccttaa cgtgagtttt cgttccactg agcgtcagac cccgtagaaa 1140 agatcaaagg atcttcttga gatccttttt ttctgcgcgt aatctgctgc ttgcaaacaa 1200 aaaaaccacc gctaccagcg gtggtttgtt tgccggatca agagctacca actctttttc 1260 cgaaggtaac tggcttcagc agagcgcaga taccaaatac tgtccttcta gtgtagccgt 1320 agttaggcca ccacttcaag aactctgtag caccgcctac atacctcgct ctgctaatcc 1380 tgttaccagt ggctgctgcc agtggcgata agtcgtgtct taccgggttg gactcaagac 1440 gatagttacc ggataaggcg cagcggtcgg gctgaacggg gggttcgtgc acacagccca 1500 gcttggagcg aacgacctac accgaactga gatacctaca gcgtgagcta tgagaaagcg 1560 ccacgcttcc cgaagggaga aaggcggaca ggtatccggt aagcggcagg gtcggaacag 1620 gagagcgcac gagggagctt ccagggggaa acgcctggta tctttatagt cctgtcgggt 1680 ttcgccacct ctgacttgag cgtcgatttt tgtgatgctc gtcagggggg cggagcctat 1740 ggaaaaacgc cagcaacgcg gcctttttac ggttcctggc cttttgctgg ccttttgctc 1800 acatgttctt tcctgcgtta tcccctgatt ctgtggataa ccgtattacc gcctttgagt 1860 gagctgatac cgctcgccgc agccgaacga ccgagcgcag cgagtcagtg agcgaggaag 1920 cggaagagcg cccaatacgc aaaccgcctc tccccgcgcg ttggccgatt cattaatgca 1980 gctggcacga caggtttccc gactggaaag cgggcagtga gcgcaacgca attaatgtga 2040 gttagctcac tcattaggca ccccaggctt tacactttat gcttccggct cgtatgttgt 2100 gtggaattgt gagcggataa caatttcaca caggaaacag ctatgaccat gattacgcca 2160 agctcgaaat taaccctcac taaagggaac aaaagctgga gctccaccgc ggtggcggcc 2220 gctctagaac tagtggatct tcttggctgt tattcaaaag gtccaacaat gtatatatat 2280 tggacatttt gaggcaatta tagatcctgg aaggcaattc tgattggtca ataaaaatcg 2340 atttcaatgc tatttttttt ttgtttttta tgagtttagc caatttatca tgaaaggtaa 2400 aaggggataa aggaaccgtg tgttgattgt cctgtaaata taagttgtct tcctccatat 2460 gtaaaaaggg aataaataaa tcaattaaat ttcgggatgc ttcatgaagt gcttctttcg 2520 gagttaaact tccgtttgtc catatttcga gaaaaagtat ctcttgtttt tcattcccat 2580 tcccataaga atgaatacta tgattcgcgt ttcgaacagg catgaataca gcatctatag 2640 gataacttcc atcttgaaag ttatgtggcg tttttataag atatccacga tttctctcta 2700 tttgtaatcc aatacaaaaa tcaattggtt ccgttaaact ggctatatgt tgtgtattat 2760 caacgatttc tacataaggc ggcaagatga tatcttgggc agttacagat ccaggaccct 2820 tgacacaaat agatgcgtca gaagttccat atagattact tcttaatata atttctttca 2880 aattcattaa aatttcatgt accgattctt gaatgcccgt tatggtagaa tattcatgtg 2940 ggactttctc agattttaca cgtgtgatac atgttccttc tatttctcca agtaaagctc 3000 ttcgcatcgc aatgcctatt gtgtcggctt ggcctttcat aagtggagac agaataaagc 3060 gtccataata aaggcgttta ctgtctgttc ttgattcaac acacttccac tgtagtgtcc 3120 gagtagatac tgttactttc tctcgaacca tagtactatt atttgattag atcatcgaat 3180 cttttatttc tcttgagatt tcttcaatgt tcagttctac acacgtcttt ttttcggagg 3240 tctacagcca ttatgtggca taggagttac atcccgtacg aaagttaata gtataccact 3300 tcgacgaata gctcgtaatg ctgcatctct tccgagaccg ggacctttta tcatgacttc 3360 tgctcgttgc ataccttgat ccactactgt acggatagcg tttgctgctg cggtttgagc 3420 agcaaacggt gttcctcttc tcgtaccttt gaatccagaa gtaccggcgg aggaccaaga 3480 aactactcga ccccgtacat ctgtaacagt gacaatggta ttattgaaac ttgcttgaac 3540 atgaataact ccctttggta ttctacgtgc acccttacgt gaaccaatac gtccattcct 3600 acgcgaacta attttcggta tagcttttgc catattttat catctcgtaa atatgagtca 3660 gagatatatg gatatatcca tttcatgtca aaacagattc tttatttgta catcggctct 3720 tctggcaagt ctgattatcc ctgtctttgt ttatgtctcg ggttggaaca aattactata 3780 attcgtcccc gcctacggat tagtcgacat ttttcacaaa ttttacgaac ggaagctctt 3840 attttcatat ttctcattcc ttaccttaat tctgaatcta tttcttggaa gaaaataagt 3900 ttcttgaaat ttttcatctc gaattgtatt cccacgaaag gaatggtgaa gttgaaaaac 3960 gaatccttca aatctttgtt gtggagtcga taaattatac gccctttggt tgaatcataa 4020 ggacttactt caattttgac tctatctcct ggcagtatcc gtataaaact atgccggatc 4080 tttcctgaaa cataatttat aatcagatcg gccgcaggag gagttcatat gtcagagttg 4140 agagccttca gtgccccagg gaaagcgtta ctagctggtg gatatttagt tttagataca 4200 aaatatgaag catttgtagt cggattatcg gcaagaatgc atgctgtagc ccatccttac 4260 ggttcattgc aagggtctga taagtttgaa gtgcgtgtga aaagtaaaca atttaaagat 4320 ggggagtggc tgtaccatat aagtcctaaa agtggcttca ttcctgtttc gataggcgga 4380 tctaagaacc ctttcattga aaaagttatc gctaacgtat ttagctactt taaacctaac 4440 atggacgact actgcaatag aaacttgttc gttattgata ttttctctga tgatgcctac 4500 cattctcagg aggatagcgt taccgaacat cgtggcaaca gaagattgag ttttcattcg 4560 cacagaattg aagaagttcc caaaacaggg ctgggctcct cggcaggttt agtcacagtt 4620 ttaactacag ctttggcctc cttttttgta tcggacctgg aaaataatgt agacaaatat 4680 agagaagtta ttcataattt agcacaagtt gctcattgtc aagctcaggg taaaattgga 4740 agcgggtttg atgtagcggc ggcagcatat ggatctatca gatatagaag attcccaccc 4800 gcattaatct ctaatttgcc agatattgga agtgctactt acggcagtaa actggcgcat 4860 ttggttgatg aagaagactg gaatattacg attaaaagta accatttacc ttcgggatta 4920 actttatgga tgggcgatat taagaatggt tcagaaacag taaaactggt ccagaaggta 4980 aaaaattggt atgattcgca tatgccagaa agcttgaaaa tatatacaga actcgatcat 5040 gcaaattcta gatttatgga tggactatct aaactagatc gcttacacga gactcatgac 5100 gattacagcg atcagatatt tgagtctctt gagaggaatg actgtacctg tcaaaagtat 5160 cctgaaatca cagaagttag agatgcagtt gccacaatta gacgttcctt tagaaaaata 5220 actaaagaat ctggtgccga tatcgaacct cccgtacaaa ctagcttatt ggatgattgc 5280 cagaccttaa aaggagttct tacttgctta atacctggtg ctggtggtta tgacgccatt 5340 gcagtgatta ctaagcaaga tgttgatctt agggctcaaa ccgctaatga caaaagattt 5400 tctaaggttc aatggctgga tgtaactcag gctgactggg gtgttaggaa agaaaaagat 5460 ccggaaactt atcttgataa actgcaggag gagttttaat gtcattaccg ttcttaactt 5520 ctgcaccggg aaaggttatt atttttggtg aacactctgc tgtgtacaac aagcctgccg 5580 tcgctgctag tgtgtctgcg ttgagaacct acctgctaat aagcgagtca tctgcaccag 5640 atactattga attggacttc ccggacatta gctttaatca taagtggtcc atcaatgatt 5700 tcaatgccat caccgaggat caagtaaact cccaaaaatt ggccaaggct caacaagcca 5760 ccgatggctt gtctcaggaa ctcgttagtc ttttggatcc gttgttagct caactatccg 5820 aatccttcca ctaccatgca gcgttttgtt tcctgtatat gtttgtttgc ctatgccccc 5880 atgccaagaa tattaagttt tctttaaagt ctactttacc catcggtgct gggttgggct 5940 caagcgcctc tatttctgta tcactggcct tagctatggc ctacttgggg gggttaatag 6000 gatctaatga cttggaaaag ctgtcagaaa acgataagca tatagtgaat caatgggcct 6060 tcataggtga aaagtgtatt cacggtaccc cttcaggaat agataacgct gtggccactt 6120 atggtaatgc cctgctattt gaaaaagact cacataatgg aacaataaac acaaacaatt 6180 ttaagttctt agatgatttc ccagccattc caatgatcct aacctatact agaattccaa 6240 ggtctacaaa agatcttgtt gctcgcgttc gtgtgttggt caccgagaaa tttcctgaag 6300 ttatgaagcc aattctagat gccatgggtg aatgtgccct acaaggctta gagatcatga 6360 ctaagttaag taaatgtaaa ggcaccgatg acgaggctgt agaaactaat aatgaactgt 6420 atgaacaact attggaattg ataagaataa atcatggact gcttgtctca atcggtgttt 6480 ctcatcctgg attagaactt attaaaaatc tgagcgatga tttgagaatt ggctccacaa 6540 aacttaccgg tgctggtggc ggcggttgct ctttgacttt gttacgaaga gacattactc 6600 aagagcaaat tgacagcttc aaaaagaaat tgcaagatga ttttagttac gagacatttg 6660 aaacagactt gggtgggact ggctgctgtt tgttaagcgc aaaaaatttg aataaagatc 6720 ttaaaatcaa atccctagta ttccaattat ttgaaaataa aactaccaca aagcaacaaa 6780 ttgacgatct attattgcca ggaaacacga atttaccatg gacttcagac gaggagtttt 6840 aatgactgta tatactgcta gtgtaactgc tccggtaaat attgctactc ttaagtattg 6900 ggggaaaagg gacacgaagt tgaatctgcc caccaattcg tccatatcag tgactttatc 6960 gcaagatgac ctcagaacgt tgacctctgc ggctactgca cctgagtttg aacgcgacac 7020 tttgtggtta aatggagaac cacacagcat cgacaatgaa agaactcaaa attgtctgcg 7080 cgacctacgc caattaagaa aggaaatgga atcgaaggac gcctcattgc ccacattatc 7140 tcaatggaaa ctccacattg tctccgaaaa taactttcct acagcagctg gtttagcttc 7200 ctccgctgct ggctttgctg cattggtctc tgcaattgct aagttatacc aattaccaca 7260 gtcaacttca gaaatatcta gaatagcaag aaaggggtct ggttcagctt gtagatcgtt 7320 gtttggcgga tacgtggcct gggaaatggg aaaagctgaa gatggtcatg attccatggc 7380 agtacaaatc gcagacagct ctgactggcc tcagatgaaa gcttgtgtcc tagttgtcag 7440 cgatattaaa aaggatgtga gttccactca gggtatgcaa ttgaccgtgg caacctccga 7500 actatttaaa gaaagaattg aacatgtcgt accaaagaga tttgaagtca tgcgtaaagc 7560 cattgttgaa aaagatttcg ccacctttgc aaaggaaaca atgatggatt ccaactcttt 7620 ccatgccaca tgtttggact ctttccctcc aatattctac atgaatgaca cttccaagcg 7680 tatcatcagt tggtgccaca ccattaatca gttttacgga gaaacaatcg ttgcatacac 7740 gtttgatgca ggtccaaatg ctgtgttgta ctacttagct gaaaatgagt cgaaactctt 7800 tgcatttatc tataaattgt ttggctctgt tcctggatgg gacaagaaat ttactactga 7860 gcagcttgag gctttcaacc atcaatttga atcatctaac tttactgcac gtgaattgga 7920 tcttgagttg caaaaggatg ttgccagagt gattttaact caagtcggtt caggcccaca 7980 agaaacaaac gaatctttga ttgacgcaaa gactggtcta ccaaaggaag aggagtttta 8040 actcgacgcc ggcggaggca catatgtctc agaacgttta cattgtatcg actgccagaa 8100 ccccaattgg ttcattccag ggttctctat cctccaagac agcagtggaa ttgggtgctg 8160 ttgctttaaa aggcgccttg gctaaggttc cagaattgga tgcatccaag gattttgacg 8220 aaattatttt tggtaacgtt ctttctgcca atttgggcca agctccggcc agacaagttg 8280 ctttggctgc cggtttgagt aatcatatcg ttgcaagcac agttaacaag gtctgtgcat 8340 ccgctatgaa ggcaatcatt ttgggtgctc aatccatcaa atgtggtaat gctgatgttg 8400 tcgtagctgg tggttgtgaa tctatgacta acgcaccata ctacatgcca gcagcccgtg 8460 cgggtgccaa atttggccaa actgttcttg ttgatggtgt cgaaagagat gggttgaacg 8520 atgcgtacga tggtctagcc atgggtgtac acgcagaaaa gtgtgcccgt gattgggata 8580 ttactagaga acaacaagac aattttgcca tcgaatccta ccaaaaatct caaaaatctc 8640 aaaaggaagg taaattcgac aatgaaattg tacctgttac cattaaggga tttagaggta 8700 agcctgatac tcaagtcacg aaggacgagg aacctgctag attacacgtt gaaaaattga 8760 gatctgcaag gactgttttc caaaaagaaa acggtactgt tactgccgct aacgcttctc 8820 caatcaacga tggtgctgca gccgtcatct tggtttccga aaaagttttg aaggaaaaga 8880 atttgaagcc tttggctatt atcaaaggtt ggggtgaggc cgctcatcaa ccagctgatt 8940 ttacatgggc tccatctctt gcagttccaa aggctttgaa acatgctggc atcgaagaca 9000 tcaattctgt tgattacttt gaattcaatg aagccttttc ggttgtcggt ttggtgaaca 9060 ctaagatttt gaagctagac ccatctaagg ttaatgtata tggtggtgct gttgctctag 9120 gtcacccatt gggttgttct ggtgctagag tggttgttac actgctatcc atcttacagc 9180 aagaaggagg taagatcggt gttgccgcca tttgtaatgg tggtggtggt gcttcctcta 9240 ttgtcattga aaagatatga ggatcctcta gatgcgcagg aggcacatat ggcgaagaac 9300 gttgggattt tggctatgga tatctatttc cctcccacct gtgttcaaca ggaagctttg 9360 gaagcacatg atggagcaag taaagggaaa tacactattg gacttggcca agattgttta 9420 gctttttgca ctgagcttga agatgttatc tctatgagtt tcaatgcggt gacatcactt 9480 tttgagaagt ataagattga ccctaaccaa atcgggcgtc ttgaagtagg aagtgagact 9540 gttattgaca aaagcaagtc catcaagacc ttcttgatgc agctctttga gaaatgtgga 9600 aacactgatg tcgaaggtgt tgactcgacc aatgcttgct atggtggaac tgcagctttg 9660 ttaaactgtg tcaattgggt tgagagtaac tcttgggatg gacgttatgg cctcgtcatt 9720 tgtactgaca gcgcggttta tgcagaagga cccgcaaggc ccactggagg agctgcagcg 9780 attgctatgt tgataggacc tgatgctcct atcgttttcg aaagcaaatt gagagcaagc 9840 cacatggctc atgtctatga cttttacaag cccaatcttg ctagcgagta cccggttgtt 9900 gatggtaagc tttcacagac ttgctacctc atggctcttg actcctgcta taaacattta 9960 tgcaacaagt tcgagaagat cgagggcaaa gagttctcca taaatgatgc tgattacatt 10020 gttttccatt ctccatacaa taaacttgta cagaaaagct ttgctcgtct cttgtacaac 10080 gacttcttga gaaacgcaag ctccattgac gaggctgcca aagaaaagtt caccccttat 10140 tcatctttga cccttgacga gagttaccaa agccgtgatc ttgaaaaggt gtcacaacaa 10200 atttcgaaac cgttttatga tgctaaagtg caaccaacga ctttaatacc aaaggaagtc 10260 ggtaacatgt acactgcttc tctctacgct gcatttgctt ccctcatcca caataaacac 10320 aatgatttgg cgggaaagcg ggtggttatg ttctcttatg gaagtggctc caccgcaaca 10380 atgttctcat tacgcctcaa cgacaataag cctcctttca gcatttcaaa cattgcatct 10440 gtaatggatg ttggcggtaa attgaaagct agacatgagt atgcacctga gaagtttgtg 10500 gagacaatga agctaatgga acataggtat ggagcaaagg actttgtgac aaccaaggag 10560 ggtattatag atcttttggc accgggaact tattatctga aagaggttga ttccttgtac 10620 cggagattct atggcaagaa aggtgaagat ggatctgtag ccaatggaca ctgaggatcc 10680 gtcgagcacg tggaggcaca tatgcaatgc tgtgagatgc ctgttggata cattcagatt 10740 cctgttggga ttgctggtcc attgttgctt gatggttatg agtactctgt tcctatggct 10800 acaaccgaag gttgtttggt tgctagcact aacagaggct gcaaggctat gtttatctct 10860 ggtggcgcca ccagtaccgt tcttaaggac ggtatgaccc gagcacctgt tgttcggttc 10920 gcttcggcga gacgagcttc ggagcttaag tttttcttgg agaatccaga gaactttgat 10980 actttggcag tagtcttcaa caggtcgagt agatttgcaa gactgcaaag tgttaaatgc 11040 acaatcgcgg ggaagaatgc ttatgtaagg ttctgttgta gtactggtga tgctatgggg 11100 atgaatatgg tttctaaagg tgtgcagaat gttcttgagt atcttaccga tgatttccct 11160 gacatggatg tgattggaat ctctggtaac ttctgttcgg acaagaaacc tgctgctgtg 11220 aactggattg agggacgtgg taaatcagtt gtttgcgagg ctgtaatcag aggagagatc 11280 gtgaacaagg tcttgaaaac gagcgtggct gctttagtcg agctcaacat gctcaagaac 11340 ctagctggct ctgctgttgc aggctctcta ggtggattca acgctcatgc cagtaacata 11400 gtgtctgctg tattcatagc tactggccaa gatccagctc aaaacgtgga gagttctcaa 11460 tgcatcacca tgatggaagc tattaatgac ggcaaagata tccatatctc agtcactatg 11520 ccatctatcg aggtggggac agtgggagga ggaacacagc ttgcatctca atcagcgtgt 11580 ttaaacctgc tcggagttaa aggagcaagc acagagtcgc cgggaatgaa cgcaaggagg 11640 ctagcgacga tcgtagccgg agcagtttta gctggagagt tatctttaat gtcagcaatt 11700 gcagctggac agcttgtgag aagtcacatg aaatacaata gatccagccg agacatctct 11760 ggagcaacga caacgacaac aacaacaaca tgacccggga tccggccgat ctaaacaaac 11820 ccggaacaga ccgttgggaa gcgattcagt aattaaagct tcatgactcc tttttggttc 11880 ttaaagtccc tttgaggtat caactaataa gaaagatatt agacaacccc ccttttttct 11940 ttttcacaaa taggaagttt cgaatccaat ttggatatta aaaggattac cagatataac 12000 acaaaatctc tccacctatt ccttctagtc gagcctctcg gtctgtcatt atacctcgag 12060 aagtagaaag aattacaatc cccattccac ctaaaattcg cggaattcgt tgataattag 12120 aatagattcg tagaccaggt cgactgattc gttttaaatt taaaatattt ctatagggtc 12180 ttttcctatt ccttctatgt cgcagggtta aaaccaaaaa atatttgttt ttttctcgat 12240 gttttctcac gttttcgata aaaccttctc gtaaaagtat ttgaacaata ttttcggtaa 12300 tattagtaga tgctattcga accacccttt ttcgatccat atcagcattt cgtatagaag 12360 ttattatctc agcaatagtg tccctaccca tgatgaacta aaattattgg ggcctccaaa 12420 tttgatataa tcaacgtgtt ttttacttat tttttttttg aatatgatat gaattattaa 12480 agatatatgc gtgagacaca atctactaat taatctattt ctttcaaata ccccactaga 12540 aacagatcac aatttcattt tataatacct cgggagctaa tgaaactatt ttagtaaaat 12600 ttaattctct caattcccgg gcgattgcac caaaaattcg agttcctttt gatttccttc 12660 cttcttgatc aataacaact gcagcattgt catcatatcg tattatcatc ccgttgtcac 12720 gtttgagttc tttacaggtc cgcacaatta cagctctgac tacttctgat ctttctaggg 12780 gcatatttgg tacggcttct ttgatcacag caacaataac gtcaccaata tgagcatatc 12840 gacgattgct agctcctatg attcgaatac acatcaattc tcgagccccg ctgttatccg 12900 ctacatttaa atgggtctga ggttgaatca tttttttaat ccgttctttg aatgcaaagg 12960 gcgaagaaaa aaaagaaata tttttgtcca aaaaaaaaga aacatgcggt ttcgtttcat 13020 atctaagagc cctttccgca tttttttcta ttacattacg aaataatgaa ttgagttcgt 13080 ataggcattt tagatgctgc tagtgaaata gcccttctgg ctatattttc tgttactcca 13140 cccatttcat aaagtattcg acccggttta acaacagcta cccaatattc aggggatccc 13200 ccgggctgca ggaattcgat atcaagctta tcgataccgt cgacctcgag ggggggcccg 13260 gtacccaatt cgccctatag tgagtcgtat tacaattcac tggccgtcgt tttacaacgt 13320 cgtgactggg aaaaccctgg cgttacccaa cttaatcgcc ttgcagcaca tccccctttc 13380 gccagctggc gtaatagcga agaggcccgc accgatcgcc cttcccaaca gttgcgcagc 13440 ctgaatggcg aatgggacgc gccctgtagc ggcgcattaa gcgcggcggg tgtggtggtt 13500 acgcgcagcg tgaccgctac acttgccagc gccctagcgc ccgctccttt cgctttcttc 13560 ccttcctttc tcgccacgtt cgccggcttt ccccgtcaag ctctaaatcg ggggctccct 13620 ttagggttcc gatttagtgc tttacggcac ctcgacccca aaaaacttga ttagggtgat 13680 ggttcacgta gtgggccatc gccctgatag acggtttttc gccctttgac gttggagtcc 13740 acgttcttta atagtggact cttgttccaa actggaacaa cactcaaccc tatctcggtc 13800 tattcttttg atttataagg gattttgccg atttcggcct attggttaaa aaatgagctg 13860 atttaacaaa aatttaacgc gaattttaac aaaatattaa cgcttacaat ttaggtg 13917 73 7252 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Plastid transformation vector pHKO7, containing Operon C, contain i 73 gcacttttcg gggaaatgtg cgcggaaccc ctatttgttt atttttctaa atacattcaa 60 atatgtatcc gctcatgaga caataaccct gataaatgct tcaataatat tgaaaaagga 120 agagtatgag tattcaacat ttccgtgtcg cccttattcc cttttttgcg gcattttgcc 180 ttcctgtttt tgctcaccca gaaacgctgg tgaaagtaaa agatgctgaa gatcagttgg 240 gtgcacgagt gggttacatc gaactggatc tcaacagcgg taagatcctt gagagttttc 300 gccccgaaga acgttttcca atgatgagca cttttaaagt tctgctatgt ggcgcggtat 360 tatcccgtat tgacgccggg caagagcaac tcggtcgccg catacactat tctcagaatg 420 acttggttga gtactcacca gtcacagaaa agcatcttac ggatggcatg acagtaagag 480 aattatgcag tgctgccata accatgagtg ataacactgc ggccaactta cttctgacaa 540 cgatcggagg accgaaggag ctaaccgctt ttttgcacaa catgggggat catgtaactc 600 gccttgatcg ttgggaaccg gagctgaatg aagccatacc aaacgacgag cgtgacacca 660 cgatgcctgt agcaatggca acaacgttgc gcaaactatt aactggcgaa ctacttactc 720 tagcttcccg gcaacaatta atagactgga tggaggcgga taaagttgca ggaccacttc 780 tgcgctcggc ccttccggct ggctggttta ttgctgataa atctggagcc ggtgagcgtg 840 ggtctcgcgg tatcattgca gcactggggc cagatggtaa gccctcccgt atcgtagtta 900 tctacacgac ggggagtcag gcaactatgg atgaacgaaa tagacagatc gctgagatag 960 gtgcctcact gattaagcat tggtaactgt cagaccaagt ttactcatat atactttaga 1020 ttgatttaaa acttcatttt taatttaaaa ggatctaggt gaagatcctt tttgataatc 1080 tcatgaccaa aatcccttaa cgtgagtttt cgttccactg agcgtcagac cccgtagaaa 1140 agatcaaagg atcttcttga gatccttttt ttctgcgcgt aatctgctgc ttgcaaacaa 1200 aaaaaccacc gctaccagcg gtggtttgtt tgccggatca agagctacca actctttttc 1260 cgaaggtaac tggcttcagc agagcgcaga taccaaatac tgtccttcta gtgtagccgt 1320 agttaggcca ccacttcaag aactctgtag caccgcctac atacctcgct ctgctaatcc 1380 tgttaccagt ggctgctgcc agtggcgata agtcgtgtct taccgggttg gactcaagac 1440 gatagttacc ggataaggcg cagcggtcgg gctgaacggg gggttcgtgc acacagccca 1500 gcttggagcg aacgacctac accgaactga gatacctaca gcgtgagcta tgagaaagcg 1560 ccacgcttcc cgaagggaga aaggcggaca ggtatccggt aagcggcagg gtcggaacag 1620 gagagcgcac gagggagctt ccagggggaa acgcctggta tctttatagt cctgtcgggt 1680 ttcgccacct ctgacttgag cgtcgatttt tgtgatgctc gtcagggggg cggagcctat 1740 ggaaaaacgc cagcaacgcg gcctttttac ggttcctggc cttttgctgg ccttttgctc 1800 acatgttctt tcctgcgtta tcccctgatt ctgtggataa ccgtattacc gcctttgagt 1860 gagctgatac cgctcgccgc agccgaacga ccgagcgcag cgagtcagtg agcgaggaag 1920 cggaagagcg cccaatacgc aaaccgcctc tccccgcgcg ttggccgatt cattaatgca 1980 gctggcacga caggtttccc gactggaaag cgggcagtga gcgcaacgca attaatgtga 2040 gttagctcac tcattaggca ccccaggctt tacactttat gcttccggct cgtatgttgt 2100 gtggaattgt gagcggataa caatttcaca caggaaacag ctatgaccat gattacgcca 2160 agctcgaaat taaccctcac taaagggaac aaaagctgga gctccaccgc ggtggcggcc 2220 gctctagaac tagtggatct tcttggctgt tattcaaaag gtccaacaat gtatatatat 2280 tggacatttt gaggcaatta tagatcctgg aaggcaattc tgattggtca ataaaaatcg 2340 atttcaatgc tatttttttt ttgtttttta tgagtttagc caatttatca tgaaaggtaa 2400 aaggggataa aggaaccgtg tgttgattgt cctgtaaata taagttgtct tcctccatat 2460 gtaaaaaggg aataaataaa tcaattaaat ttcgggatgc ttcatgaagt gcttctttcg 2520 gagttaaact tccgtttgtc catatttcga gaaaaagtat ctcttgtttt tcattcccat 2580 tcccataaga atgaatacta tgattcgcgt ttcgaacagg catgaataca gcatctatag 2640 gataacttcc atcttgaaag ttatgtggcg tttttataag atatccacga tttctctcta 2700 tttgtaatcc aatacaaaaa tcaattggtt ccgttaaact ggctatatgt tgtgtattat 2760 caacgatttc tacataaggc ggcaagatga tatcttgggc agttacagat ccaggaccct 2820 tgacacaaat agatgcgtca gaagttccat atagattact tcttaatata atttctttca 2880 aattcattaa aatttcatgt accgattctt gaatgcccgt tatggtagaa tattcatgtg 2940 ggactttctc agattttaca cgtgtgatac atgttccttc tatttctcca agtaaagctc 3000 ttcgcatcgc aatgcctatt gtgtcggctt ggcctttcat aagtggagac agaataaagc 3060 gtccataata aaggcgttta ctgtctgttc ttgattcaac acacttccac tgtagtgtcc 3120 gagtagatac tgttactttc tctcgaacca tagtactatt atttgattag atcatcgaat 3180 cttttatttc tcttgagatt tcttcaatgt tcagttctac acacgtcttt ttttcggagg 3240 tctacagcca ttatgtggca taggagttac atcccgtacg aaagttaata gtataccact 3300 tcgacgaata gctcgtaatg ctgcatctct tccgagaccg ggacctttta tcatgacttc 3360 tgctcgttgc ataccttgat ccactactgt acggatagcg tttgctgctg cggtttgagc 3420 agcaaacggt gttcctcttc tcgtaccttt gaatccagaa gtaccggcgg aggaccaaga 3480 aactactcga ccccgtacat ctgtaacagt gacaatggta ttattgaaac ttgcttgaac 3540 atgaataact ccctttggta ttctacgtgc acccttacgt gaaccaatac gtccattcct 3600 acgcgaacta attttcggta tagcttttgc catattttat catctcgtaa atatgagtca 3660 gagatatatg gatatatcca tttcatgtca aaacagattc tttatttgta catcggctct 3720 tctggcaagt ctgattatcc ctgtctttgt ttatgtctcg ggttggaaca aattactata 3780 attcgtcccc gcctacggat tagtcgacat ttttcacaaa ttttacgaac ggaagctctt 3840 attttcatat ttctcattcc ttaccttaat tctgaatcta tttcttggaa gaaaataagt 3900 ttcttgaaat ttttcatctc gaattgtatt cccacgaaag gaatggtgaa gttgaaaaac 3960 gaatccttca aatctttgtt gtggagtcga taaattatac gccctttggt tgaatcataa 4020 ggacttactt caattttgac tctatctcct ggcagtatcc gtataaaact atgccggatc 4080 tttcctgaaa cataatttat aatcagatcc aggaggacca tatgatcgcc gaagcggata 4140 tggaggtctg ccgggagctg atccgcaccg gcagctactc cttccatgcg gcgtccagag 4200 ttctgccggc gcgggtccgt gaccccgcgc tggcgcttta cgccttttgc cgcgtcgccg 4260 atgacgaagt cgacgaggtt ggcgcgccgc gcgacaaggc tgcggcggtt ttgaaacttg 4320 gcgaccggct ggaggacatc tatgccggtc gtccgcgcaa tgcgccctcg gatcgggctt 4380 tcgcggcggt ggtcgaggaa ttcgagatgc cgcgcgaatt gcccgaggcg ctgctggagg 4440 gcttcgcctg ggatgccgag gggcggtggt atcacacgct ttcggacgtg caggcctatt 4500 cggcgcgggt ggcggccgcc gtcggcgcga tgatgtgcgt gctgatgcgg gtgcgcaacc 4560 ccgatgcgct ggcgcgggcc tgcgatctcg gtcttgccat gcagatgtcg aacatcgccc 4620 gcgacgtggg cgaggatgcc cgggcggggc ggcttttcct gccgaccgac tggatggtcg 4680 aggaggggat cgatccgcag gcgttcctgg ccgatccgca gcccaccaag ggcatccgcc 4740 gggtcaccga gcggttgctg aaccgcgccg accggcttta ctggcgggcg gcgacggggg 4800 tgcggctttt gccctttgac tgccgaccgg ggatcatggc cgcgggcaag atctatgccg 4860 cgatcggggc cgaggtggcg aaggcgaaat acgacaacat cacccggcgt gcccacacga 4920 ccaagggccg caagctgtgg ctggtggcga attccgcgat gtcggcgacg gcgacctcga 4980 tgctgccgct ctcgccgcgg gtgcatgcca agcccgagcc cgaagtggcg catctggtcg 5040 atgccgccgc gcatcgcaac ctgcatcccg aacggtccga ggtgctgatc tcggcgctga 5100 tggcgctgaa ggcgcgcgac cgcggcctgg cgatggattg aggatctaaa caaacccgga 5160 acagaccgtt gggaagcgat tcagtaatta aagcttcatg actccttttt ggttcttaaa 5220 gtccctttga ggtatcaact aataagaaag atattagaca accccccttt tttctttttc 5280 acaaatagga agtttcgaat ccaatttgga tattaaaagg attaccagat ataacacaaa 5340 atctctccac ctattccttc tagtcgagcc tctcggtctg tcattatacc tcgagaagta 5400 gaaagaatta caatccccat tccacctaaa attcgcggaa ttcgttgata attagaatag 5460 attcgtagac caggtcgact gattcgtttt aaatttaaaa tatttctata gggtcttttc 5520 ctattccttc tatgtcgcag ggttaaaacc aaaaaatatt tgtttttttc tcgatgtttt 5580 ctcacgtttt cgataaaacc ttctcgtaaa agtatttgaa caatattttc ggtaatatta 5640 gtagatgcta ttcgaaccac cctttttcga tccatatcag catttcgtat agaagttatt 5700 atctcagcaa tagtgtccct acccatgatg aactaaaatt attggggcct ccaaatttga 5760 tataatcaac gtgtttttta cttatttttt ttttgaatat gatatgaatt attaaagata 5820 tatgcgtgag acacaatcta ctaattaatc tatttctttc aaatacccca ctagaaacag 5880 atcacaattt cattttataa tacctcggga gctaatgaaa ctattttagt aaaatttaat 5940 tctctcaatt cccgggcgat tgcaccaaaa attcgagttc cttttgattt ccttccttct 6000 tgatcaataa caactgcagc attgtcatca tatcgtatta tcatcccgtt gtcacgtttg 6060 agttctttac aggtccgcac aattacagct ctgactactt ctgatctttc taggggcata 6120 tttggtacgg cttctttgat cacagcaaca ataacgtcac caatatgagc atatcgacga 6180 ttgctagctc ctatgattcg aatacacatc aattctcgag ccccgctgtt atccgctaca 6240 tttaaatggg tctgaggttg aatcattttt ttaatccgtt ctttgaatgc aaagggcgaa 6300 gaaaaaaaag aaatattttt gtccaaaaaa aaagaaacat gcggtttcgt ttcatatcta 6360 agagcccttt ccgcattttt ttctattaca ttacgaaata atgaattgag ttcgtatagg 6420 cattttagat gctgctagtg aaatagccct tctggctata ttttctgtta ctccacccat 6480 ttcataaagt attcgacccg gtttaacaac agctacccaa tattcagggg atcccccggg 6540 ctgcaggaat tcgatatcaa gcttatcgat accgtcgacc tcgagggggg gcccggtacc 6600 caattcgccc tatagtgagt cgtattacaa ttcactggcc gtcgttttac aacgtcgtga 6660 ctgggaaaac cctggcgtta cccaacttaa tcgccttgca gcacatcccc ctttcgccag 6720 ctggcgtaat agcgaagagg cccgcaccga tcgcccttcc caacagttgc gcagcctgaa 6780 tggcgaatgg gacgcgccct gtagcggcgc attaagcgcg gcgggtgtgg tggttacgcg 6840 cagcgtgacc gctacacttg ccagcgccct agcgcccgct cctttcgctt tcttcccttc 6900 ctttctcgcc acgttcgccg gctttccccg tcaagctcta aatcgggggc tccctttagg 6960 gttccgattt agtgctttac ggcacctcga ccccaaaaaa cttgattagg gtgatggttc 7020 acgtagtggg ccatcgccct gatagacggt ttttcgccct ttgacgttgg agtccacgtt 7080 ctttaatagt ggactcttgt tccaaactgg aacaacactc aaccctatct cggtctattc 7140 ttttgattta taagggattt tgccgatttc ggcctattgg ttaaaaaatg agctgattta 7200 acaaaaattt aacgcgaatt ttaacaaaat attaacgctt acaatttagg tg 7252 74 14623 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Plastic transformation vector pHKO8, containing Operon G, contain i 74 cacctaaatt gtaagcgtta atattttgtt aaaattcgcg ttaaattttt gttaaatcag 60 ctcatttttt aaccaatagg ccgaaatcgg caaaatccct tataaatcaa aagaatagac 120 cgagataggg ttgagtgttg ttccagtttg gaacaagagt ccactattaa agaacgtgga 180 ctccaacgtc aaagggcgaa aaaccgtcta tcagggcgat ggcccactac gtgaaccatc 240 accctaatca agttttttgg ggtcgaggtg ccgtaaagca ctaaatcgga accctaaagg 300 gagcccccga tttagagctt gacggggaaa gccggcgaac gtggcgagaa aggaagggaa 360 gaaagcgaaa ggagcgggcg ctagggcgct ggcaagtgta gcggtcacgc tgcgcgtaac 420 caccacaccc gccgcgctta atgcgccgct acagggcgcg tcccattcgc cattcaggct 480 gcgcaactgt tgggaagggc gatcggtgcg ggcctcttcg ctattacgcc agctggcgaa 540 agggggatgt gctgcaaggc gattaagttg ggtaacgcca gggttttccc agtcacgacg 600 ttgtaaaacg acggccagtg aattgtaata cgactcacta tagggcgaat tgggtaccgg 660 gccccccctc gaggtcgacg gtatcgataa gcttgatatc gaattcctgc agcccggggg 720 atcttcttgg ctgttattca aaaggtccaa caatgtatat atattggaca ttttgaggca 780 attatagatc ctggaaggca attctgattg gtcaataaaa atcgatttca atgctatttt 840 ttttttgttt tttatgagtt tagccaattt atcatgaaag gtaaaagggg ataaaggaac 900 cgtgtgttga ttgtcctgta aatataagtt gtcttcctcc atatgtaaaa agggaataaa 960 taaatcaatt aaatttcggg atgcttcatg aagtgcttct ttcggagtta aacttccgtt 1020 tgtccatatt tcgagaaaaa gtatctcttg tttttcattc ccattcccat aagaatgaat 1080 actatgattc gcgtttcgaa caggcatgaa tacagcatct ataggataac ttccatcttg 1140 aaagttatgt ggcgttttta taagatatcc acgatttctc tctatttgta atccaataca 1200 aaaatcaatt ggttccgtta aactggctat atgttgtgta ttatcaacga tttctacata 1260 aggcggcaag atgatatctt gggcagttac agatccagga cccttgacac aaatagatgc 1320 gtcagaagtt ccatatagat tacttcttaa tataatttct ttcaaattca ttaaaatttc 1380 atgtaccgat tcttgaatgc ccgttatggt agaatattca tgtgggactt tctcagattt 1440 tacacgtgtg atacatgttc cttctatttc tccaagtaaa gctcttcgca tcgcaatgcc 1500 tattgtgtcg gcttggcctt tcataagtgg agacagaata aagcgtccat aataaaggcg 1560 tttactgtct gttcttgatt caacacactt ccactgtagt gtccgagtag atactgttac 1620 tttctctcga accatagtac tattatttga ttagatcatc gaatctttta tttctcttga 1680 gatttcttca atgttcagtt ctacacacgt ctttttttcg gaggtctaca gccattatgt 1740 ggcataggag ttacatcccg tacgaaagtt aatagtatac cacttcgacg aatagctcgt 1800 aatgctgcat ctcttccgag accgggacct tttatcatga cttctgctcg ttgcatacct 1860 tgatccacta ctgtacggat agcgtttgct gctgcggttt gagcagcaaa cggtgttcct 1920 cttctcgtac ctttgaatcc agaagtaccg gcggaggacc aagaaactac tcgaccccgt 1980 acatctgtaa cagtgacaat ggtattattg aaacttgctt gaacatgaat aactcccttt 2040 ggtattctac gtgcaccctt acgtgaacca atacgtccat tcctacgcga actaattttc 2100 ggtatagctt ttgccatatt ttatcatctc gtaaatatga gtcagagata tatggatata 2160 tccatttcat gtcaaaacag attctttatt tgtacatcgg ctcttctggc aagtctgatt 2220 atccctgtct ttgtttatgt ctcgggttgg aacaaattac tataattcgt ccccgcctac 2280 ggattagtcg acatttttca caaattttac gaacggaagc tcttattttc atatttctca 2340 ttccttacct taattctgaa tctatttctt ggaagaaaat aagtttcttg aaatttttca 2400 tctcgaattg tattcccacg aaaggaatgg tgaagttgaa aaacgaatcc ttcaaatctt 2460 tgttgtggag tcgataaatt atacgccctt tggttgaatc ataaggactt acttcaattt 2520 tgactctatc tcctggcagt atccgtataa aactatgccg gatctttcct gaaacataat 2580 ttataatcag atcggccgca ggaggagttc atatgtcaga gttgagagcc ttcagtgccc 2640 cagggaaagc gttactagct ggtggatatt tagttttaga tacaaaatat gaagcatttg 2700 tagtcggatt atcggcaaga atgcatgctg tagcccatcc ttacggttca ttgcaagggt 2760 ctgataagtt tgaagtgcgt gtgaaaagta aacaatttaa agatggggag tggctgtacc 2820 atataagtcc taaaagtggc ttcattcctg tttcgatagg cggatctaag aaccctttca 2880 ttgaaaaagt tatcgctaac gtatttagct actttaaacc taacatggac gactactgca 2940 atagaaactt gttcgttatt gatattttct ctgatgatgc ctaccattct caggaggata 3000 gcgttaccga acatcgtggc aacagaagat tgagttttca ttcgcacaga attgaagaag 3060 ttcccaaaac agggctgggc tcctcggcag gtttagtcac agttttaact acagctttgg 3120 cctccttttt tgtatcggac ctggaaaata atgtagacaa atatagagaa gttattcata 3180 atttagcaca agttgctcat tgtcaagctc agggtaaaat tggaagcggg tttgatgtag 3240 cggcggcagc atatggatct atcagatata gaagattccc acccgcatta atctctaatt 3300 tgccagatat tggaagtgct acttacggca gtaaactggc gcatttggtt gatgaagaag 3360 actggaatat tacgattaaa agtaaccatt taccttcggg attaacttta tggatgggcg 3420 atattaagaa tggttcagaa acagtaaaac tggtccagaa ggtaaaaaat tggtatgatt 3480 cgcatatgcc agaaagcttg aaaatatata cagaactcga tcatgcaaat tctagattta 3540 tggatggact atctaaacta gatcgcttac acgagactca tgacgattac agcgatcaga 3600 tatttgagtc tcttgagagg aatgactgta cctgtcaaaa gtatcctgaa atcacagaag 3660 ttagagatgc agttgccaca attagacgtt cctttagaaa aataactaaa gaatctggtg 3720 ccgatatcga acctcccgta caaactagct tattggatga ttgccagacc ttaaaaggag 3780 ttcttacttg cttaatacct ggtgctggtg gttatgacgc cattgcagtg attactaagc 3840 aagatgttga tcttagggct caaaccgcta atgacaaaag attttctaag gttcaatggc 3900 tggatgtaac tcaggctgac tggggtgtta ggaaagaaaa agatccggaa acttatcttg 3960 ataaactgca ggaggagttt taatgtcatt accgttctta acttctgcac cgggaaaggt 4020 tattattttt ggtgaacact ctgctgtgta caacaagcct gccgtcgctg ctagtgtgtc 4080 tgcgttgaga acctacctgc taataagcga gtcatctgca ccagatacta ttgaattgga 4140 cttcccggac attagcttta atcataagtg gtccatcaat gatttcaatg ccatcaccga 4200 ggatcaagta aactcccaaa aattggccaa ggctcaacaa gccaccgatg gcttgtctca 4260 ggaactcgtt agtcttttgg atccgttgtt agctcaacta tccgaatcct tccactacca 4320 tgcagcgttt tgtttcctgt atatgtttgt ttgcctatgc ccccatgcca agaatattaa 4380 gttttcttta aagtctactt tacccatcgg tgctgggttg ggctcaagcg cctctatttc 4440 tgtatcactg gccttagcta tggcctactt gggggggtta ataggatcta atgacttgga 4500 aaagctgtca gaaaacgata agcatatagt gaatcaatgg gccttcatag gtgaaaagtg 4560 tattcacggt accccttcag gaatagataa cgctgtggcc acttatggta atgccctgct 4620 atttgaaaaa gactcacata atggaacaat aaacacaaac aattttaagt tcttagatga 4680 tttcccagcc attccaatga tcctaaccta tactagaatt ccaaggtcta caaaagatct 4740 tgttgctcgc gttcgtgtgt tggtcaccga gaaatttcct gaagttatga agccaattct 4800 agatgccatg ggtgaatgtg ccctacaagg cttagagatc atgactaagt taagtaaatg 4860 taaaggcacc gatgacgagg ctgtagaaac taataatgaa ctgtatgaac aactattgga 4920 attgataaga ataaatcatg gactgcttgt ctcaatcggt gtttctcatc ctggattaga 4980 acttattaaa aatctgagcg atgatttgag aattggctcc acaaaactta ccggtgctgg 5040 tggcggcggt tgctctttga ctttgttacg aagagacatt actcaagagc aaattgacag 5100 cttcaaaaag aaattgcaag atgattttag ttacgagaca tttgaaacag acttgggtgg 5160 gactggctgc tgtttgttaa gcgcaaaaaa tttgaataaa gatcttaaaa tcaaatccct 5220 agtattccaa ttatttgaaa ataaaactac cacaaagcaa caaattgacg atctattatt 5280 gccaggaaac acgaatttac catggacttc agacgaggag ttttaatgac tgtatatact 5340 gctagtgtaa ctgctccggt aaatattgct actcttaagt attgggggaa aagggacacg 5400 aagttgaatc tgcccaccaa ttcgtccata tcagtgactt tatcgcaaga tgacctcaga 5460 acgttgacct ctgcggctac tgcacctgag tttgaacgcg acactttgtg gttaaatgga 5520 gaaccacaca gcatcgacaa tgaaagaact caaaattgtc tgcgcgacct acgccaatta 5580 agaaaggaaa tggaatcgaa ggacgcctca ttgcccacat tatctcaatg gaaactccac 5640 attgtctccg aaaataactt tcctacagca gctggtttag cttcctccgc tgctggcttt 5700 gctgcattgg tctctgcaat tgctaagtta taccaattac cacagtcaac ttcagaaata 5760 tctagaatag caagaaaggg gtctggttca gcttgtagat cgttgtttgg cggatacgtg 5820 gcctgggaaa tgggaaaagc tgaagatggt catgattcca tggcagtaca aatcgcagac 5880 agctctgact ggcctcagat gaaagcttgt gtcctagttg tcagcgatat taaaaaggat 5940 gtgagttcca ctcagggtat gcaattgacc gtggcaacct ccgaactatt taaagaaaga 6000 attgaacatg tcgtaccaaa gagatttgaa gtcatgcgta aagccattgt tgaaaaagat 6060 ttcgccacct ttgcaaagga aacaatgatg gattccaact ctttccatgc cacatgtttg 6120 gactctttcc ctccaatatt ctacatgaat gacacttcca agcgtatcat cagttggtgc 6180 cacaccatta atcagtttta cggagaaaca atcgttgcat acacgtttga tgcaggtcca 6240 aatgctgtgt tgtactactt agctgaaaat gagtcgaaac tctttgcatt tatctataaa 6300 ttgtttggct ctgttcctgg atgggacaag aaatttacta ctgagcagct tgaggctttc 6360 aaccatcaat ttgaatcatc taactttact gcacgtgaat tggatcttga gttgcaaaag 6420 gatgttgcca gagtgatttt aactcaagtc ggttcaggcc cacaagaaac aaacgaatct 6480 ttgattgacg caaagactgg tctaccaaag gaagaggagt tttaactcga cgccggcgga 6540 ggcacatatg tctcagaacg tttacattgt atcgactgcc agaaccccaa ttggttcatt 6600 ccagggttct ctatcctcca agacagcagt ggaattgggt gctgttgctt taaaaggcgc 6660 cttggctaag gttccagaat tggatgcatc caaggatttt gacgaaatta tttttggtaa 6720 cgttctttct gccaatttgg gccaagctcc ggccagacaa gttgctttgg ctgccggttt 6780 gagtaatcat atcgttgcaa gcacagttaa caaggtctgt gcatccgcta tgaaggcaat 6840 cattttgggt gctcaatcca tcaaatgtgg taatgctgat gttgtcgtag ctggtggttg 6900 tgaatctatg actaacgcac catactacat gccagcagcc cgtgcgggtg ccaaatttgg 6960 ccaaactgtt cttgttgatg gtgtcgaaag agatgggttg aacgatgcgt acgatggtct 7020 agccatgggt gtacacgcag aaaagtgtgc ccgtgattgg gatattacta gagaacaaca 7080 agacaatttt gccatcgaat cctaccaaaa atctcaaaaa tctcaaaagg aaggtaaatt 7140 cgacaatgaa attgtacctg ttaccattaa gggatttaga ggtaagcctg atactcaagt 7200 cacgaaggac gaggaacctg ctagattaca cgttgaaaaa ttgagatctg caaggactgt 7260 tttccaaaaa gaaaacggta ctgttactgc cgctaacgct tctccaatca acgatggtgc 7320 tgcagccgtc atcttggttt ccgaaaaagt tttgaaggaa aagaatttga agcctttggc 7380 tattatcaaa ggttggggtg aggccgctca tcaaccagct gattttacat gggctccatc 7440 tcttgcagtt ccaaaggctt tgaaacatgc tggcatcgaa gacatcaatt ctgttgatta 7500 ctttgaattc aatgaagcct tttcggttgt cggtttggtg aacactaaga ttttgaagct 7560 agacccatct aaggttaatg tatatggtgg tgctgttgct ctaggtcacc cattgggttg 7620 ttctggtgct agagtggttg ttacactgct atccatctta cagcaagaag gaggtaagat 7680 cggtgttgcc gccatttgta atggtggtgg tggtgcttcc tctattgtca ttgaaaagat 7740 atgaggatcc tctagatgcg caggaggcac atatggcgaa gaacgttggg attttggcta 7800 tggatatcta tttccctccc acctgtgttc aacaggaagc tttggaagca catgatggag 7860 caagtaaagg gaaatacact attggacttg gccaagattg tttagctttt tgcactgagc 7920 ttgaagatgt tatctctatg agtttcaatg cggtgacatc actttttgag aagtataaga 7980 ttgaccctaa ccaaatcggg cgtcttgaag taggaagtga gactgttatt gacaaaagca 8040 agtccatcaa gaccttcttg atgcagctct ttgagaaatg tggaaacact gatgtcgaag 8100 gtgttgactc gaccaatgct tgctatggtg gaactgcagc tttgttaaac tgtgtcaatt 8160 gggttgagag taactcttgg gatggacgtt atggcctcgt catttgtact gacagcgcgg 8220 tttatgcaga aggacccgca aggcccactg gaggagctgc agcgattgct atgttgatag 8280 gacctgatgc tcctatcgtt ttcgaaagca aattgagagc aagccacatg gctcatgtct 8340 atgactttta caagcccaat cttgctagcg agtacccggt tgttgatggt aagctttcac 8400 agacttgcta cctcatggct cttgactcct gctataaaca tttatgcaac aagttcgaga 8460 agatcgaggg caaagagttc tccataaatg atgctgatta cattgttttc cattctccat 8520 acaataaact tgtacagaaa agctttgctc gtctcttgta caacgacttc ttgagaaacg 8580 caagctccat tgacgaggct gccaaagaaa agttcacccc ttattcatct ttgacccttg 8640 acgagagtta ccaaagccgt gatcttgaaa aggtgtcaca acaaatttcg aaaccgtttt 8700 atgatgctaa agtgcaacca acgactttaa taccaaagga agtcggtaac atgtacactg 8760 cttctctcta cgctgcattt gcttccctca tccacaataa acacaatgat ttggcgggaa 8820 agcgggtggt tatgttctct tatggaagtg gctccaccgc aacaatgttc tcattacgcc 8880 tcaacgacaa taagcctcct ttcagcattt caaacattgc atctgtaatg gatgttggcg 8940 gtaaattgaa agctagacat gagtatgcac ctgagaagtt tgtggagaca atgaagctaa 9000 tggaacatag gtatggagca aaggactttg tgacaaccaa ggagggtatt atagatcttt 9060 tggcaccggg aacttattat ctgaaagagg ttgattcctt gtaccggaga ttctatggca 9120 agaaaggtga agatggatct gtagccaatg gacactgagg atccgtcgag cacgtggagg 9180 cacatatgca atgctgtgag atgcctgttg gatacattca gattcctgtt gggattgctg 9240 gtccattgtt gcttgatggt tatgagtact ctgttcctat ggctacaacc gaaggttgtt 9300 tggttgctag cactaacaga ggctgcaagg ctatgtttat ctctggtggc gccaccagta 9360 ccgttcttaa ggacggtatg acccgagcac ctgttgttcg gttcgcttcg gcgagacgag 9420 cttcggagct taagtttttc ttggagaatc cagagaactt tgatactttg gcagtagtct 9480 tcaacaggtc gagtagattt gcaagactgc aaagtgttaa atgcacaatc gcggggaaga 9540 atgcttatgt aaggttctgt tgtagtactg gtgatgctat ggggatgaat atggtttcta 9600 aaggtgtgca gaatgttctt gagtatctta ccgatgattt ccctgacatg gatgtgattg 9660 gaatctctgg taacttctgt tcggacaaga aacctgctgc tgtgaactgg attgagggac 9720 gtggtaaatc agttgtttgc gaggctgtaa tcagaggaga gatcgtgaac aaggtcttga 9780 aaacgagcgt ggctgcttta gtcgagctca acatgctcaa gaacctagct ggctctgctg 9840 ttgcaggctc tctaggtgga ttcaacgctc atgccagtaa catagtgtct gctgtattca 9900 tagctactgg ccaagatcca gctcaaaacg tggagagttc tcaatgcatc accatgatgg 9960 aagctattaa tgacggcaaa gatatccata tctcagtcac tatgccatct atcgaggtgg 10020 ggacagtggg aggaggaaca cagcttgcat ctcaatcagc gtgtttaaac ctgctcggag 10080 ttaaaggagc aagcacagag tcgccgggaa tgaacgcaag gaggctagcg acgatcgtag 10140 ccggagcagt tttagctgga gagttatctt taatgtcagc aattgcagct ggacagcttg 10200 tgagaagtca catgaaatac aatagatcca gccgagacat ctctggagca acgacaacga 10260 caacaacaac aacatgaccc gtaggaggca catatgagtt cccaacaaga gaaaaaggat 10320 tatgatgaag aacaattaag gttgatggaa gaagtttgta tcgttgtaga tgaaaatgat 10380 gtccctttaa gatatggaac gaaaaaggag tgtcatttga tggaaaatat aaataaaggt 10440 cttttgcata gagcattctc tatgttcatc tttgatgagc aaaatcgcct tttacttcag 10500 cagcgtgcag aagagaaaat tacatttcca tccttatgga cgaatacatg ttgctcccac 10560 ccattggatg ttgctggtga acgtggtaat actttacctg aagctgttga aggtgttaag 10620 aatgcagctc aacgcaagct gttccatgaa ttgggtattc aagccaagta tattcccaaa 10680 gacaaatttc agtttcttac acgaatccat taccttgctc ctagtactgg tgcttgggga 10740 gagcatgaaa ttgactacat tcttttcttc aaaggtaaag ttgagctgga tatcaatccc 10800 aatgaagttc aagcctataa gtatgttact atggaagagt taaaagagat gttttccgat 10860 cctcaatatg gattcacacc atggttcaaa cttatttgtg agcattttat gtttaaatgg 10920 tggcaggatg tagatcatgc gtcaaaattc caagatacct taattcatcg ttgctaagga 10980 tcccccggga tccggccgat ctaaacaaac ccggaacaga ccgttgggaa gcgattcagt 11040 aattaaagct tcatgactcc tttttggttc ttaaagtccc tttgaggtat caactaataa 11100 gaaagatatt agacaacccc ccttttttct ttttcacaaa taggaagttt cgaatccaat 11160 ttggatatta aaaggattac cagatataac acaaaatctc tccacctatt ccttctagtc 11220 gagcctctcg gtctgtcatt atacctcgag aagtagaaag aattacaatc cccattccac 11280 ctaaaattcg cggaattcgt tgataattag aatagattcg tagaccaggt cgactgattc 11340 gttttaaatt taaaatattt ctatagggtc ttttcctatt ccttctatgt cgcagggtta 11400 aaaccaaaaa atatttgttt ttttctcgat gttttctcac gttttcgata aaaccttctc 11460 gtaaaagtat ttgaacaata ttttcggtaa tattagtaga tgctattcga accacccttt 11520 ttcgatccat atcagcattt cgtatagaag ttattatctc agcaatagtg tccctaccca 11580 tgatgaacta aaattattgg ggcctccaaa tttgatataa tcaacgtgtt ttttacttat 11640 tttttttttg aatatgatat gaattattaa agatatatgc gtgagacaca atctactaat 11700 taatctattt ctttcaaata ccccactaga aacagatcac aatttcattt tataatacct 11760 cgggagctaa tgaaactatt ttagtaaaat ttaattctct caattcccgg gcgattgcac 11820 caaaaattcg agttcctttt gatttccttc cttcttgatc aataacaact gcagcattgt 11880 catcatatcg tattatcatc ccgttgtcac gtttgagttc tttacaggtc cgcacaatta 11940 cagctctgac tacttctgat ctttctaggg gcatatttgg tacggcttct ttgatcacag 12000 caacaataac gtcaccaata tgagcatatc gacgattgct agctcctatg attcgaatac 12060 acatcaattc tcgagccccg ctgttatccg ctacatttaa atgggtctga ggttgaatca 12120 tttttttaat ccgttctttg aatgcaaagg gcgaagaaaa aaaagaaata tttttgtcca 12180 aaaaaaaaga aacatgcggt ttcgtttcat atctaagagc cctttccgca tttttttcta 12240 ttacattacg aaataatgaa ttgagttcgt ataggcattt tagatgctgc tagtgaaata 12300 gcccttctgg ctatattttc tgttactcca cccatttcat aaagtattcg acccggttta 12360 acaacagcta cccaatattc aggggatcca ctagttctag agcggccgcc accgcggtgg 12420 agctccagct tttgttccct ttagtgaggg ttaatttcga gcttggcgta atcatggtca 12480 tagctgtttc ctgtgtgaaa ttgttatccg ctcacaattc cacacaacat acgagccgga 12540 agcataaagt gtaaagcctg gggtgcctaa tgagtgagct aactcacatt aattgcgttg 12600 cgctcactgc ccgctttcca gtcgggaaac ctgtcgtgcc agctgcatta atgaatcggc 12660 caacgcgcgg ggagaggcgg tttgcgtatt gggcgctctt ccgcttcctc gctcactgac 12720 tcgctgcgct cggtcgttcg gctgcggcga gcggtatcag ctcactcaaa ggcggtaata 12780 cggttatcca cagaatcagg ggataacgca ggaaagaaca tgtgagcaaa aggccagcaa 12840 aaggccagga accgtaaaaa ggccgcgttg ctggcgtttt tccataggct ccgcccccct 12900 gacgagcatc acaaaaatcg acgctcaagt cagaggtggc gaaacccgac aggactataa 12960 agataccagg cgtttccccc tggaagctcc ctcgtgcgct ctcctgttcc gaccctgccg 13020 cttaccggat acctgtccgc ctttctccct tcgggaagcg tggcgctttc tcatagctca 13080 cgctgtaggt atctcagttc ggtgtaggtc gttcgctcca agctgggctg tgtgcacgaa 13140 ccccccgttc agcccgaccg ctgcgcctta tccggtaact atcgtcttga gtccaacccg 13200 gtaagacacg acttatcgcc actggcagca gccactggta acaggattag cagagcgagg 13260 tatgtaggcg gtgctacaga gttcttgaag tggtggccta actacggcta cactagaagg 13320 acagtatttg gtatctgcgc tctgctgaag ccagttacct tcggaaaaag agttggtagc 13380 tcttgatccg gcaaacaaac caccgctggt agcggtggtt tttttgtttg caagcagcag 13440 attacgcgca gaaaaaaagg atctcaagaa gatcctttga tcttttctac ggggtctgac 13500 gctcagtgga acgaaaactc acgttaaggg attttggtca tgagattatc aaaaaggatc 13560 ttcacctaga tccttttaaa ttaaaaatga agttttaaat caatctaaag tatatatgag 13620 taaacttggt ctgacagtta ccaatgctta atcagtgagg cacctatctc agcgatctgt 13680 ctatttcgtt catccatagt tgcctgactc cccgtcgtgt agataactac gatacgggag 13740 ggcttaccat ctggccccag tgctgcaatg ataccgcgag acccacgctc accggctcca 13800 gatttatcag caataaacca gccagccgga agggccgagc gcagaagtgg tcctgcaact 13860 ttatccgcct ccatccagtc tattaattgt tgccgggaag ctagagtaag tagttcgcca 13920 gttaatagtt tgcgcaacgt tgttgccatt gctacaggca tcgtggtgtc acgctcgtcg 13980 tttggtatgg cttcattcag ctccggttcc caacgatcaa ggcgagttac atgatccccc 14040 atgttgtgca aaaaagcggt tagctccttc ggtcctccga tcgttgtcag aagtaagttg 14100 gccgcagtgt tatcactcat ggttatggca gcactgcata attctcttac tgtcatgcca 14160 tccgtaagat gcttttctgt gactggtgag tactcaacca agtcattctg agaatagtgt 14220 atgcggcgac cgagttgctc ttgcccggcg tcaatacggg ataataccgc gccacatagc 14280 agaactttaa aagtgctcat cattggaaaa cgttcttcgg ggcgaaaact ctcaaggatc 14340 ttaccgctgt tgagatccag ttcgatgtaa cccactcgtg cacccaactg atcttcagca 14400 tcttttactt tcaccagcgt ttctgggtga gcaaaaacag gaaggcaaaa tgccgcaaaa 14460 aagggaataa gggcgacacg gaaatgttga atactcatac tcttcctttt tcaatattat 14520 tgaagcattt atcagggtta ttgtctcatg agcggataca tatttgaatg tatttagaaa 14580 aataaacaaa taggggttcc gcgcacattt ccccgaaaag tgc 14623 75 7252 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Plastid transformation vector pFHO5 containing R. capsulatus DNA e 75 gcacttttcg gggaaatgtg cgcggaaccc ctatttgttt atttttctaa atacattcaa 60 atatgtatcc gctcatgaga caataaccct gataaatgct tcaataatat tgaaaaagga 120 agagtatgag tattcaacat ttccgtgtcg cccttattcc cttttttgcg gcattttgcc 180 ttcctgtttt tgctcaccca gaaacgctgg tgaaagtaaa agatgctgaa gatcagttgg 240 gtgcacgagt gggttacatc gaactggatc tcaacagcgg taagatcctt gagagttttc 300 gccccgaaga acgttttcca atgatgagca cttttaaagt tctgctatgt ggcgcggtat 360 tatcccgtat tgacgccggg caagagcaac tcggtcgccg catacactat tctcagaatg 420 acttggttga gtactcacca gtcacagaaa agcatcttac ggatggcatg acagtaagag 480 aattatgcag tgctgccata accatgagtg ataacactgc ggccaactta cttctgacaa 540 cgatcggagg accgaaggag ctaaccgctt ttttgcacaa catgggggat catgtaactc 600 gccttgatcg ttgggaaccg gagctgaatg aagccatacc aaacgacgag cgtgacacca 660 cgatgcctgt agcaatggca acaacgttgc gcaaactatt aactggcgaa ctacttactc 720 tagcttcccg gcaacaatta atagactgga tggaggcgga taaagttgca ggaccacttc 780 tgcgctcggc ccttccggct ggctggttta ttgctgataa atctggagcc ggtgagcgtg 840 ggtctcgcgg tatcattgca gcactggggc cagatggtaa gccctcccgt atcgtagtta 900 tctacacgac ggggagtcag gcaactatgg atgaacgaaa tagacagatc gctgagatag 960 gtgcctcact gattaagcat tggtaactgt cagaccaagt ttactcatat atactttaga 1020 ttgatttaaa acttcatttt taatttaaaa ggatctaggt gaagatcctt tttgataatc 1080 tcatgaccaa aatcccttaa cgtgagtttt cgttccactg agcgtcagac cccgtagaaa 1140 agatcaaagg atcttcttga gatccttttt ttctgcgcgt aatctgctgc ttgcaaacaa 1200 aaaaaccacc gctaccagcg gtggtttgtt tgccggatca agagctacca actctttttc 1260 cgaaggtaac tggcttcagc agagcgcaga taccaaatac tgtccttcta gtgtagccgt 1320 agttaggcca ccacttcaag aactctgtag caccgcctac atacctcgct ctgctaatcc 1380 tgttaccagt ggctgctgcc agtggcgata agtcgtgtct taccgggttg gactcaagac 1440 gatagttacc ggataaggcg cagcggtcgg gctgaacggg gggttcgtgc acacagccca 1500 gcttggagcg aacgacctac accgaactga gatacctaca gcgtgagcta tgagaaagcg 1560 ccacgcttcc cgaagggaga aaggcggaca ggtatccggt aagcggcagg gtcggaacag 1620 gagagcgcac gagggagctt ccagggggaa acgcctggta tctttatagt cctgtcgggt 1680 ttcgccacct ctgacttgag cgtcgatttt tgtgatgctc gtcagggggg cggagcctat 1740 ggaaaaacgc cagcaacgcg gcctttttac ggttcctggc cttttgctgg ccttttgctc 1800 acatgttctt tcctgcgtta tcccctgatt ctgtggataa ccgtattacc gcctttgagt 1860 gagctgatac cgctcgccgc agccgaacga ccgagcgcag cgagtcagtg agcgaggaag 1920 cggaagagcg cccaatacgc aaaccgcctc tccccgcgcg ttggccgatt cattaatgca 1980 gctggcacga caggtttccc gactggaaag cgggcagtga gcgcaacgca attaatgtga 2040 gttagctcac tcattaggca ccccaggctt tacactttat gcttccggct cgtatgttgt 2100 gtggaattgt gagcggataa caatttcaca caggaaacag ctatgaccat gattacgcca 2160 agctcgaaat taaccctcac taaagggaac aaaagctgga gctccaccgc ggtggcggcc 2220 gctctagaac tagtggatct tcttggctgt tattcaaaag gtccaacaat gtatatatat 2280 tggacatttt gaggcaatta tagatcctgg aaggcaattc tgattggtca ataaaaatcg 2340 atttcaatgc tatttttttt ttgtttttta tgagtttagc caatttatca tgaaaggtaa 2400 aaggggataa aggaaccgtg tgttgattgt cctgtaaata taagttgtct tcctccatat 2460 gtaaaaaggg aataaataaa tcaattaaat ttcgggatgc ttcatgaagt gcttctttcg 2520 gagttaaact tccgtttgtc catatttcga gaaaaagtat ctcttgtttt tcattcccat 2580 tcccataaga atgaatacta tgattcgcgt ttcgaacagg catgaataca gcatctatag 2640 gataacttcc atcttgaaag ttatgtggcg tttttataag atatccacga tttctctcta 2700 tttgtaatcc aatacaaaaa tcaattggtt ccgttaaact ggctatatgt tgtgtattat 2760 caacgatttc tacataaggc ggcaagatga tatcttgggc agttacagat ccaggaccct 2820 tgacacaaat agatgcgtca gaagttccat atagattact tcttaatata atttctttca 2880 aattcattaa aatttcatgt accgattctt gaatgcccgt tatggtagaa tattcatgtg 2940 ggactttctc agattttaca cgtgtgatac atgttccttc tatttctcca agtaaagctc 3000 ttcgcatcgc aatgcctatt gtgtcggctt ggcctttcat aagtggagac agaataaagc 3060 gtccataata aaggcgttta ctgtctgttc ttgattcaac acacttccac tgtagtgtcc 3120 gagtagatac tgttactttc tctcgaacca tagtactatt atttgattag atcatcgaat 3180 cttttatttc tcttgagatt tcttcaatgt tcagttctac acacgtcttt ttttcggagg 3240 tctacagcca ttatgtggca taggagttac atcccgtacg aaagttaata gtataccact 3300 tcgacgaata gctcgtaatg ctgcatctct tccgagaccg ggacctttta tcatgacttc 3360 tgctcgttgc ataccttgat ccactactgt acggatagcg tttgctgctg cggtttgagc 3420 agcaaacggt gttcctcttc tcgtaccttt gaatccagaa gtaccggcgg aggaccaaga 3480 aactactcga ccccgtacat ctgtaacagt gacaatggta ttattgaaac ttgcttgaac 3540 atgaataact ccctttggta ttctacgtgc acccttacgt gaaccaatac gtccattcct 3600 acgcgaacta attttcggta tagcttttgc catattttat catctcgtaa atatgagtca 3660 gagatatatg gatatatcca tttcatgtca aaacagattc tttatttgta catcggctct 3720 tctggcaagt ctgattatcc ctgtctttgt ttatgtctcg ggttggaaca aattactata 3780 attcgtcccc gcctacggat tagtcgacat ttttcacaaa ttttacgaac ggaagctctt 3840 attttcatat ttctcattcc ttaccttaat tctgaatcta tttcttggaa gaaaataagt 3900 ttcttgaaat ttttcatctc gaattgtatt cccacgaaag gaatggtgaa gttgaaaaac 3960 gaatccttca aatctttgtt gtggagtcga taaattatac gccctttggt tgaatcataa 4020 ggacttactt caattttgac tctatctcct ggcagtatcc gtataaaact atgccggatc 4080 tttcctgaaa cataatttat aatcagatcc aggaggacca tatgatcgcc gaagcggata 4140 tggaggtctg ccgggagctg atccgcaccg gcagctactc cttccatgcg gcgtccagag 4200 ttctgccggc gcgggtccgt gaccccgcgc tggcgcttta cgccttttgc cgcgtcgccg 4260 atgacgaagt cgacgaggtt ggcgcgccgc gcgacaaggc tgcggcggtt ttgaaacttg 4320 gcgaccggct ggaggacatc tatgccggtc gtccgcgcaa tgcgccctcg gatcgggctt 4380 tcgcggcggt ggtcgaggaa ttcgagatgc cgcgcgaatt gcccgaggcg ctgctggagg 4440 gcttcgcctg ggatgccgag gggcggtggt atcacacgct ttcggacgtg caggcctatt 4500 cggcgcgggt ggcggccgcc gtcggcgcga tgatgtgcgt gctgatgcgg gtgcgcaacc 4560 ccgatgcgct ggcgcgggcc tgcgatctcg gtcttgccat gcagatgtcg aacatcgccc 4620 gcgacgtggg cgaggatgcc cgggcggggc ggcttttcct gccgaccgac tggatggtcg 4680 aggaggggat cgatccgcag gcgttcctgg ccgatccgca gcccaccaag ggcatccgcc 4740 gggtcaccga gcggttgctg aaccgcgccg accggcttta ctggcgggcg gcgacggggg 4800 tgcggctttt gccctttgac tgccgaccgg ggatcatggc cgcgggcaag atctatgccg 4860 cgatcggggc cgaggtggcg aaggcgaaat acgacaacat cacccggcgt gcccacacga 4920 ccaagggccg caagctgtgg ctggtggcga attccgcgat gtcggcgacg gcgacctcga 4980 tgctgccgct ctcgccgcgg gtgcatgcca agcccgagcc cgaagtggcg catctggtcg 5040 atgccgccgc gcatcgcaac ctgcatcccg aacggtccga ggtgctgatc tcggcgctga 5100 tggcgctgaa ggcgcgcgac cgcggcctgg cgatggattg aggatctaaa caaacccgga 5160 acagaccgtt gggaagcgat tcagtaatta aagcttcatg actccttttt ggttcttaaa 5220 gtccctttga ggtatcaact aataagaaag atattagaca accccccttt tttctttttc 5280 acaaatagga agtttcgaat ccaatttgga tattaaaagg attaccagat ataacacaaa 5340 atctctccac ctattccttc tagtcgagcc tctcggtctg tcattatacc tcgagaagta 5400 gaaagaatta caatccccat tccacctaaa attcgcggaa ttcgttgata attagaatag 5460 attcgtagac caggtcgact gattcgtttt aaatttaaaa tatttctata gggtcttttc 5520 ctattccttc tatgtcgcag ggttaaaacc aaaaaatatt tgtttttttc tcgatgtttt 5580 ctcacgtttt cgataaaacc ttctcgtaaa agtatttgaa caatattttc ggtaatatta 5640 gtagatgcta ttcgaaccac cctttttcga tccatatcag catttcgtat agaagttatt 5700 atctcagcaa tagtgtccct acccatgatg aactaaaatt attggggcct ccaaatttga 5760 tataatcaac gtgtttttta cttatttttt ttttgaatat gatatgaatt attaaagata 5820 tatgcgtgag acacaatcta ctaattaatc tatttctttc aaatacccca ctagaaacag 5880 atcacaattt cattttataa tacctcggga gctaatgaaa ctattttagt aaaatttaat 5940 tctctcaatt cccgggcgat tgcaccaaaa attcgagttc cttttgattt ccttccttct 6000 tgatcaataa caactgcagc attgtcatca tatcgtatta tcatcccgtt gtcacgtttg 6060 agttctttac aggtccgcac aattacagct ctgactactt ctgatctttc taggggcata 6120 tttggtacgg cttctttgat cacagcaaca ataacgtcac caatatgagc atatcgacga 6180 ttgctagctc ctatgattcg aatacacatc aattctcgag ccccgctgtt atccgctaca 6240 tttaaatggg tctgaggttg aatcattttt ttaatccgtt ctttgaatgc aaagggcgaa 6300 gaaaaaaaag aaatattttt gtccaaaaaa aaagaaacat gcggtttcgt ttcatatcta 6360 agagcccttt ccgcattttt ttctattaca ttacgaaata atgaattgag ttcgtatagg 6420 cattttagat gctgctagtg aaatagccct tctggctata ttttctgtta ctccacccat 6480 ttcataaagt attcgacccg gtttaacaac agctacccaa tattcagggg atcccccggg 6540 ctgcaggaat tcgatatcaa gcttatcgat accgtcgacc tcgagggggg gcccggtacc 6600 caattcgccc tatagtgagt cgtattacaa ttcactggcc gtcgttttac aacgtcgtga 6660 ctgggaaaac cctggcgtta cccaacttaa tcgccttgca gcacatcccc ctttcgccag 6720 ctggcgtaat agcgaagagg cccgcaccga tcgcccttcc caacagttgc gcagcctgaa 6780 tggcgaatgg gacgcgccct gtagcggcgc attaagcgcg gcgggtgtgg tggttacgcg 6840 cagcgtgacc gctacacttg ccagcgccct agcgcccgct cctttcgctt tcttcccttc 6900 ctttctcgcc acgttcgccg gctttccccg tcaagctcta aatcgggggc tccctttagg 6960 gttccgattt agtgctttac ggcacctcga ccccaaaaaa cttgattagg gtgatggttc 7020 acgtagtggg ccatcgccct gatagacggt ttttcgccct ttgacgttgg agtccacgtt 7080 ctttaatagt ggactcttgt tccaaactgg aacaacactc aaccctatct cggtctattc 7140 ttttgattta taagggattt tgccgatttc ggcctattgg ttaaaaaatg agctgattta 7200 acaaaaattt aacgcgaatt ttaacaaaat attaacgctt acaatttagg tg 7252 76 14623 DNA Artificial Sequence misc_feature ()..() Plastid transformation vector pFHO6, containing Operon E, contain i 76 cacctaaatt gtaagcgtta atattttgtt aaaattcgcg ttaaattttt gttaaatcag 60 ctcatttttt aaccaatagg ccgaaatcgg caaaatccct tataaatcaa aagaatagac 120 cgagataggg ttgagtgttg ttccagtttg gaacaagagt ccactattaa agaacgtgga 180 ctccaacgtc aaagggcgaa aaaccgtcta tcagggcgat ggcccactac gtgaaccatc 240 accctaatca agttttttgg ggtcgaggtg ccgtaaagca ctaaatcgga accctaaagg 300 gagcccccga tttagagctt gacggggaaa gccggcgaac gtggcgagaa aggaagggaa 360 gaaagcgaaa ggagcgggcg ctagggcgct ggcaagtgta gcggtcacgc tgcgcgtaac 420 caccacaccc gccgcgctta atgcgccgct acagggcgcg tcccattcgc cattcaggct 480 gcgcaactgt tgggaagggc gatcggtgcg ggcctcttcg ctattacgcc agctggcgaa 540 agggggatgt gctgcaaggc gattaagttg ggtaacgcca gggttttccc agtcacgacg 600 ttgtaaaacg acggccagtg aattgtaata cgactcacta tagggcgaat tgggtaccgg 660 gccccccctc gaggtcgacg gtatcgataa gcttgatatc gaattcctgc agcccggggg 720 atcttcttgg ctgttattca aaaggtccaa caatgtatat atattggaca ttttgaggca 780 attatagatc ctggaaggca attctgattg gtcaataaaa atcgatttca atgctatttt 840 ttttttgttt tttatgagtt tagccaattt atcatgaaag gtaaaagggg ataaaggaac 900 cgtgtgttga ttgtcctgta aatataagtt gtcttcctcc atatgtaaaa agggaataaa 960 taaatcaatt aaatttcggg atgcttcatg aagtgcttct ttcggagtta aacttccgtt 1020 tgtccatatt tcgagaaaaa gtatctcttg tttttcattc ccattcccat aagaatgaat 1080 actatgattc gcgtttcgaa caggcatgaa tacagcatct ataggataac ttccatcttg 1140 aaagttatgt ggcgttttta taagatatcc acgatttctc tctatttgta atccaataca 1200 aaaatcaatt ggttccgtta aactggctat atgttgtgta ttatcaacga tttctacata 1260 aggcggcaag atgatatctt gggcagttac agatccagga cccttgacac aaatagatgc 1320 gtcagaagtt ccatatagat tacttcttaa tataatttct ttcaaattca ttaaaatttc 1380 atgtaccgat tcttgaatgc ccgttatggt agaatattca tgtgggactt tctcagattt 1440 tacacgtgtg atacatgttc cttctatttc tccaagtaaa gctcttcgca tcgcaatgcc 1500 tattgtgtcg gcttggcctt tcataagtgg agacagaata aagcgtccat aataaaggcg 1560 tttactgtct gttcttgatt caacacactt ccactgtagt gtccgagtag atactgttac 1620 tttctctcga accatagtac tattatttga ttagatcatc gaatctttta tttctcttga 1680 gatttcttca atgttcagtt ctacacacgt ctttttttcg gaggtctaca gccattatgt 1740 ggcataggag ttacatcccg tacgaaagtt aatagtatac cacttcgacg aatagctcgt 1800 aatgctgcat ctcttccgag accgggacct tttatcatga cttctgctcg ttgcatacct 1860 tgatccacta ctgtacggat agcgtttgct gctgcggttt gagcagcaaa cggtgttcct 1920 cttctcgtac ctttgaatcc agaagtaccg gcggaggacc aagaaactac tcgaccccgt 1980 acatctgtaa cagtgacaat ggtattattg aaacttgctt gaacatgaat aactcccttt 2040 ggtattctac gtgcaccctt acgtgaacca atacgtccat tcctacgcga actaattttc 2100 ggtatagctt ttgccatatt ttatcatctc gtaaatatga gtcagagata tatggatata 2160 tccatttcat gtcaaaacag attctttatt tgtacatcgg ctcttctggc aagtctgatt 2220 atccctgtct ttgtttatgt ctcgggttgg aacaaattac tataattcgt ccccgcctac 2280 ggattagtcg acatttttca caaattttac gaacggaagc tcttattttc atatttctca 2340 ttccttacct taattctgaa tctatttctt ggaagaaaat aagtttcttg aaatttttca 2400 tctcgaattg tattcccacg aaaggaatgg tgaagttgaa aaacgaatcc ttcaaatctt 2460 tgttgtggag tcgataaatt atacgccctt tggttgaatc ataaggactt acttcaattt 2520 tgactctatc tcctggcagt atccgtataa aactatgccg gatctttcct gaaacataat 2580 ttataatcag atcggccgca ggaggagttc atatgtcaga gttgagagcc ttcagtgccc 2640 cagggaaagc gttactagct ggtggatatt tagttttaga tacaaaatat gaagcatttg 2700 tagtcggatt atcggcaaga atgcatgctg tagcccatcc ttacggttca ttgcaagggt 2760 ctgataagtt tgaagtgcgt gtgaaaagta aacaatttaa agatggggag tggctgtacc 2820 atataagtcc taaaagtggc ttcattcctg tttcgatagg cggatctaag aaccctttca 2880 ttgaaaaagt tatcgctaac gtatttagct actttaaacc taacatggac gactactgca 2940 atagaaactt gttcgttatt gatattttct ctgatgatgc ctaccattct caggaggata 3000 gcgttaccga acatcgtggc aacagaagat tgagttttca ttcgcacaga attgaagaag 3060 ttcccaaaac agggctgggc tcctcggcag gtttagtcac agttttaact acagctttgg 3120 cctccttttt tgtatcggac ctggaaaata atgtagacaa atatagagaa gttattcata 3180 atttagcaca agttgctcat tgtcaagctc agggtaaaat tggaagcggg tttgatgtag 3240 cggcggcagc atatggatct atcagatata gaagattccc acccgcatta atctctaatt 3300 tgccagatat tggaagtgct acttacggca gtaaactggc gcatttggtt gatgaagaag 3360 actggaatat tacgattaaa agtaaccatt taccttcggg attaacttta tggatgggcg 3420 atattaagaa tggttcagaa acagtaaaac tggtccagaa ggtaaaaaat tggtatgatt 3480 cgcatatgcc agaaagcttg aaaatatata cagaactcga tcatgcaaat tctagattta 3540 tggatggact atctaaacta gatcgcttac acgagactca tgacgattac agcgatcaga 3600 tatttgagtc tcttgagagg aatgactgta cctgtcaaaa gtatcctgaa atcacagaag 3660 ttagagatgc agttgccaca attagacgtt cctttagaaa aataactaaa gaatctggtg 3720 ccgatatcga acctcccgta caaactagct tattggatga ttgccagacc ttaaaaggag 3780 ttcttacttg cttaatacct ggtgctggtg gttatgacgc cattgcagtg attactaagc 3840 aagatgttga tcttagggct caaaccgcta atgacaaaag attttctaag gttcaatggc 3900 tggatgtaac tcaggctgac tggggtgtta ggaaagaaaa agatccggaa acttatcttg 3960 ataaactgca ggaggagttt taatgtcatt accgttctta acttctgcac cgggaaaggt 4020 tattattttt ggtgaacact ctgctgtgta caacaagcct gccgtcgctg ctagtgtgtc 4080 tgcgttgaga acctacctgc taataagcga gtcatctgca ccagatacta ttgaattgga 4140 cttcccggac attagcttta atcataagtg gtccatcaat gatttcaatg ccatcaccga 4200 ggatcaagta aactcccaaa aattggccaa ggctcaacaa gccaccgatg gcttgtctca 4260 ggaactcgtt agtcttttgg atccgttgtt agctcaacta tccgaatcct tccactacca 4320 tgcagcgttt tgtttcctgt atatgtttgt ttgcctatgc ccccatgcca agaatattaa 4380 gttttcttta aagtctactt tacccatcgg tgctgggttg ggctcaagcg cctctatttc 4440 tgtatcactg gccttagcta tggcctactt gggggggtta ataggatcta atgacttgga 4500 aaagctgtca gaaaacgata agcatatagt gaatcaatgg gccttcatag gtgaaaagtg 4560 tattcacggt accccttcag gaatagataa cgctgtggcc acttatggta atgccctgct 4620 atttgaaaaa gactcacata atggaacaat aaacacaaac aattttaagt tcttagatga 4680 tttcccagcc attccaatga tcctaaccta tactagaatt ccaaggtcta caaaagatct 4740 tgttgctcgc gttcgtgtgt tggtcaccga gaaatttcct gaagttatga agccaattct 4800 agatgccatg ggtgaatgtg ccctacaagg cttagagatc atgactaagt taagtaaatg 4860 taaaggcacc gatgacgagg ctgtagaaac taataatgaa ctgtatgaac aactattgga 4920 attgataaga ataaatcatg gactgcttgt ctcaatcggt gtttctcatc ctggattaga 4980 acttattaaa aatctgagcg atgatttgag aattggctcc acaaaactta ccggtgctgg 5040 tggcggcggt tgctctttga ctttgttacg aagagacatt actcaagagc aaattgacag 5100 cttcaaaaag aaattgcaag atgattttag ttacgagaca tttgaaacag acttgggtgg 5160 gactggctgc tgtttgttaa gcgcaaaaaa tttgaataaa gatcttaaaa tcaaatccct 5220 agtattccaa ttatttgaaa ataaaactac cacaaagcaa caaattgacg atctattatt 5280 gccaggaaac acgaatttac catggacttc agacgaggag ttttaatgac tgtatatact 5340 gctagtgtaa ctgctccggt aaatattgct actcttaagt attgggggaa aagggacacg 5400 aagttgaatc tgcccaccaa ttcgtccata tcagtgactt tatcgcaaga tgacctcaga 5460 acgttgacct ctgcggctac tgcacctgag tttgaacgcg acactttgtg gttaaatgga 5520 gaaccacaca gcatcgacaa tgaaagaact caaaattgtc tgcgcgacct acgccaatta 5580 agaaaggaaa tggaatcgaa ggacgcctca ttgcccacat tatctcaatg gaaactccac 5640 attgtctccg aaaataactt tcctacagca gctggtttag cttcctccgc tgctggcttt 5700 gctgcattgg tctctgcaat tgctaagtta taccaattac cacagtcaac ttcagaaata 5760 tctagaatag caagaaaggg gtctggttca gcttgtagat cgttgtttgg cggatacgtg 5820 gcctgggaaa tgggaaaagc tgaagatggt catgattcca tggcagtaca aatcgcagac 5880 agctctgact ggcctcagat gaaagcttgt gtcctagttg tcagcgatat taaaaaggat 5940 gtgagttcca ctcagggtat gcaattgacc gtggcaacct ccgaactatt taaagaaaga 6000 attgaacatg tcgtaccaaa gagatttgaa gtcatgcgta aagccattgt tgaaaaagat 6060 ttcgccacct ttgcaaagga aacaatgatg gattccaact ctttccatgc cacatgtttg 6120 gactctttcc ctccaatatt ctacatgaat gacacttcca agcgtatcat cagttggtgc 6180 cacaccatta atcagtttta cggagaaaca atcgttgcat acacgtttga tgcaggtcca 6240 aatgctgtgt tgtactactt agctgaaaat gagtcgaaac tctttgcatt tatctataaa 6300 ttgtttggct ctgttcctgg atgggacaag aaatttacta ctgagcagct tgaggctttc 6360 aaccatcaat ttgaatcatc taactttact gcacgtgaat tggatcttga gttgcaaaag 6420 gatgttgcca gagtgatttt aactcaagtc ggttcaggcc cacaagaaac aaacgaatct 6480 ttgattgacg caaagactgg tctaccaaag gaagaggagt tttaactcga cgccggcgga 6540 ggcacatatg tctcagaacg tttacattgt atcgactgcc agaaccccaa ttggttcatt 6600 ccagggttct ctatcctcca agacagcagt ggaattgggt gctgttgctt taaaaggcgc 6660 cttggctaag gttccagaat tggatgcatc caaggatttt gacgaaatta tttttggtaa 6720 cgttctttct gccaatttgg gccaagctcc ggccagacaa gttgctttgg ctgccggttt 6780 gagtaatcat atcgttgcaa gcacagttaa caaggtctgt gcatccgcta tgaaggcaat 6840 cattttgggt gctcaatcca tcaaatgtgg taatgctgat gttgtcgtag ctggtggttg 6900 tgaatctatg actaacgcac catactacat gccagcagcc cgtgcgggtg ccaaatttgg 6960 ccaaactgtt cttgttgatg gtgtcgaaag agatgggttg aacgatgcgt acgatggtct 7020 agccatgggt gtacacgcag aaaagtgtgc ccgtgattgg gatattacta gagaacaaca 7080 agacaatttt gccatcgaat cctaccaaaa atctcaaaaa tctcaaaagg aaggtaaatt 7140 cgacaatgaa attgtacctg ttaccattaa gggatttaga ggtaagcctg atactcaagt 7200 cacgaaggac gaggaacctg ctagattaca cgttgaaaaa ttgagatctg caaggactgt 7260 tttccaaaaa gaaaacggta ctgttactgc cgctaacgct tctccaatca acgatggtgc 7320 tgcagccgtc atcttggttt ccgaaaaagt tttgaaggaa aagaatttga agcctttggc 7380 tattatcaaa ggttggggtg aggccgctca tcaaccagct gattttacat gggctccatc 7440 tcttgcagtt ccaaaggctt tgaaacatgc tggcatcgaa gacatcaatt ctgttgatta 7500 ctttgaattc aatgaagcct tttcggttgt cggtttggtg aacactaaga ttttgaagct 7560 agacccatct aaggttaatg tatatggtgg tgctgttgct ctaggtcacc cattgggttg 7620 ttctggtgct agagtggttg ttacactgct atccatctta cagcaagaag gaggtaagat 7680 cggtgttgcc gccatttgta atggtggtgg tggtgcttcc tctattgtca ttgaaaagat 7740 atgaggatcc tctagatgcg caggaggcac atatggcgaa gaacgttggg attttggcta 7800 tggatatcta tttccctccc acctgtgttc aacaggaagc tttggaagca catgatggag 7860 caagtaaagg gaaatacact attggacttg gccaagattg tttagctttt tgcactgagc 7920 ttgaagatgt tatctctatg agtttcaatg cggtgacatc actttttgag aagtataaga 7980 ttgaccctaa ccaaatcggg cgtcttgaag taggaagtga gactgttatt gacaaaagca 8040 agtccatcaa gaccttcttg atgcagctct ttgagaaatg tggaaacact gatgtcgaag 8100 gtgttgactc gaccaatgct tgctatggtg gaactgcagc tttgttaaac tgtgtcaatt 8160 gggttgagag taactcttgg gatggacgtt atggcctcgt catttgtact gacagcgcgg 8220 tttatgcaga aggacccgca aggcccactg gaggagctgc agcgattgct atgttgatag 8280 gacctgatgc tcctatcgtt ttcgaaagca aattgagagc aagccacatg gctcatgtct 8340 atgactttta caagcccaat cttgctagcg agtacccggt tgttgatggt aagctttcac 8400 agacttgcta cctcatggct cttgactcct gctataaaca tttatgcaac aagttcgaga 8460 agatcgaggg caaagagttc tccataaatg atgctgatta cattgttttc cattctccat 8520 acaataaact tgtacagaaa agctttgctc gtctcttgta caacgacttc ttgagaaacg 8580 caagctccat tgacgaggct gccaaagaaa agttcacccc ttattcatct ttgacccttg 8640 acgagagtta ccaaagccgt gatcttgaaa aggtgtcaca acaaatttcg aaaccgtttt 8700 atgatgctaa agtgcaacca acgactttaa taccaaagga agtcggtaac atgtacactg 8760 cttctctcta cgctgcattt gcttccctca tccacaataa acacaatgat ttggcgggaa 8820 agcgggtggt tatgttctct tatggaagtg gctccaccgc aacaatgttc tcattacgcc 8880 tcaacgacaa taagcctcct ttcagcattt caaacattgc atctgtaatg gatgttggcg 8940 gtaaattgaa agctagacat gagtatgcac ctgagaagtt tgtggagaca atgaagctaa 9000 tggaacatag gtatggagca aaggactttg tgacaaccaa ggagggtatt atagatcttt 9060 tggcaccggg aacttattat ctgaaagagg ttgattcctt gtaccggaga ttctatggca 9120 agaaaggtga agatggatct gtagccaatg gacactgagg atccgtcgag cacgtggagg 9180 cacatatgca atgctgtgag atgcctgttg gatacattca gattcctgtt gggattgctg 9240 gtccattgtt gcttgatggt tatgagtact ctgttcctat ggctacaacc gaaggttgtt 9300 tggttgctag cactaacaga ggctgcaagg ctatgtttat ctctggtggc gccaccagta 9360 ccgttcttaa ggacggtatg acccgagcac ctgttgttcg gttcgcttcg gcgagacgag 9420 cttcggagct taagtttttc ttggagaatc cagagaactt tgatactttg gcagtagtct 9480 tcaacaggtc gagtagattt gcaagactgc aaagtgttaa atgcacaatc gcggggaaga 9540 atgcttatgt aaggttctgt tgtagtactg gtgatgctat ggggatgaat atggtttcta 9600 aaggtgtgca gaatgttctt gagtatctta ccgatgattt ccctgacatg gatgtgattg 9660 gaatctctgg taacttctgt tcggacaaga aacctgctgc tgtgaactgg attgagggac 9720 gtggtaaatc agttgtttgc gaggctgtaa tcagaggaga gatcgtgaac aaggtcttga 9780 aaacgagcgt ggctgcttta gtcgagctca acatgctcaa gaacctagct ggctctgctg 9840 ttgcaggctc tctaggtgga ttcaacgctc atgccagtaa catagtgtct gctgtattca 9900 tagctactgg ccaagatcca gctcaaaacg tggagagttc tcaatgcatc accatgatgg 9960 aagctattaa tgacggcaaa gatatccata tctcagtcac tatgccatct atcgaggtgg 10020 ggacagtggg aggaggaaca cagcttgcat ctcaatcagc gtgtttaaac ctgctcggag 10080 ttaaaggagc aagcacagag tcgccgggaa tgaacgcaag gaggctagcg acgatcgtag 10140 ccggagcagt tttagctgga gagttatctt taatgtcagc aattgcagct ggacagcttg 10200 tgagaagtca catgaaatac aatagatcca gccgagacat ctctggagca acgacaacga 10260 caacaacaac aacatgaccc gtaggaggca catatgagtt cccaacaaga gaaaaaggat 10320 tatgatgaag aacaattaag gttgatggaa gaagtttgta tcgttgtaga tgaaaatgat 10380 gtccctttaa gatatggaac gaaaaaggag tgtcatttga tggaaaatat aaataaaggt 10440 cttttgcata gagcattctc tatgttcatc tttgatgagc aaaatcgcct tttacttcag 10500 cagcgtgcag aagagaaaat tacatttcca tccttatgga cgaatacatg ttgctcccac 10560 ccattggatg ttgctggtga acgtggtaat actttacctg aagctgttga aggtgttaag 10620 aatgcagctc aacgcaagct gttccatgaa ttgggtattc aagccaagta tattcccaaa 10680 gacaaatttc agtttcttac acgaatccat taccttgctc ctagtactgg tgcttgggga 10740 gagcatgaaa ttgactacat tcttttcttc aaaggtaaag ttgagctgga tatcaatccc 10800 aatgaagttc aagcctataa gtatgttact atggaagagt taaaagagat gttttccgat 10860 cctcaatatg gattcacacc atggttcaaa cttatttgtg agcattttat gtttaaatgg 10920 tggcaggatg tagatcatgc gtcaaaattc caagatacct taattcatcg ttgctaagga 10980 tcccccggga tccggccgat ctaaacaaac ccggaacaga ccgttgggaa gcgattcagt 11040 aattaaagct tcatgactcc tttttggttc ttaaagtccc tttgaggtat caactaataa 11100 gaaagatatt agacaacccc ccttttttct ttttcacaaa taggaagttt cgaatccaat 11160 ttggatatta aaaggattac cagatataac acaaaatctc tccacctatt ccttctagtc 11220 gagcctctcg gtctgtcatt atacctcgag aagtagaaag aattacaatc cccattccac 11280 ctaaaattcg cggaattcgt tgataattag aatagattcg tagaccaggt cgactgattc 11340 gttttaaatt taaaatattt ctatagggtc ttttcctatt ccttctatgt cgcagggtta 11400 aaaccaaaaa atatttgttt ttttctcgat gttttctcac gttttcgata aaaccttctc 11460 gtaaaagtat ttgaacaata ttttcggtaa tattagtaga tgctattcga accacccttt 11520 ttcgatccat atcagcattt cgtatagaag ttattatctc agcaatagtg tccctaccca 11580 tgatgaacta aaattattgg ggcctccaaa tttgatataa tcaacgtgtt ttttacttat 11640 tttttttttg aatatgatat gaattattaa agatatatgc gtgagacaca atctactaat 11700 taatctattt ctttcaaata ccccactaga aacagatcac aatttcattt tataatacct 11760 cgggagctaa tgaaactatt ttagtaaaat ttaattctct caattcccgg gcgattgcac 11820 caaaaattcg agttcctttt gatttccttc cttcttgatc aataacaact gcagcattgt 11880 catcatatcg tattatcatc ccgttgtcac gtttgagttc tttacaggtc cgcacaatta 11940 cagctctgac tacttctgat ctttctaggg gcatatttgg tacggcttct ttgatcacag 12000 caacaataac gtcaccaata tgagcatatc gacgattgct agctcctatg attcgaatac 12060 acatcaattc tcgagccccg ctgttatccg ctacatttaa atgggtctga ggttgaatca 12120 tttttttaat ccgttctttg aatgcaaagg gcgaagaaaa aaaagaaata tttttgtcca 12180 aaaaaaaaga aacatgcggt ttcgtttcat atctaagagc cctttccgca tttttttcta 12240 ttacattacg aaataatgaa ttgagttcgt ataggcattt tagatgctgc tagtgaaata 12300 gcccttctgg ctatattttc tgttactcca cccatttcat aaagtattcg acccggttta 12360 acaacagcta cccaatattc aggggatcca ctagttctag agcggccgcc accgcggtgg 12420 agctccagct tttgttccct ttagtgaggg ttaatttcga gcttggcgta atcatggtca 12480 tagctgtttc ctgtgtgaaa ttgttatccg ctcacaattc cacacaacat acgagccgga 12540 agcataaagt gtaaagcctg gggtgcctaa tgagtgagct aactcacatt aattgcgttg 12600 cgctcactgc ccgctttcca gtcgggaaac ctgtcgtgcc agctgcatta atgaatcggc 12660 caacgcgcgg ggagaggcgg tttgcgtatt gggcgctctt ccgcttcctc gctcactgac 12720 tcgctgcgct cggtcgttcg gctgcggcga gcggtatcag ctcactcaaa ggcggtaata 12780 cggttatcca cagaatcagg ggataacgca ggaaagaaca tgtgagcaaa aggccagcaa 12840 aaggccagga accgtaaaaa ggccgcgttg ctggcgtttt tccataggct ccgcccccct 12900 gacgagcatc acaaaaatcg acgctcaagt cagaggtggc gaaacccgac aggactataa 12960 agataccagg cgtttccccc tggaagctcc ctcgtgcgct ctcctgttcc gaccctgccg 13020 cttaccggat acctgtccgc ctttctccct tcgggaagcg tggcgctttc tcatagctca 13080 cgctgtaggt atctcagttc ggtgtaggtc gttcgctcca agctgggctg tgtgcacgaa 13140 ccccccgttc agcccgaccg ctgcgcctta tccggtaact atcgtcttga gtccaacccg 13200 gtaagacacg acttatcgcc actggcagca gccactggta acaggattag cagagcgagg 13260 tatgtaggcg gtgctacaga gttcttgaag tggtggccta actacggcta cactagaagg 13320 acagtatttg gtatctgcgc tctgctgaag ccagttacct tcggaaaaag agttggtagc 13380 tcttgatccg gcaaacaaac caccgctggt agcggtggtt tttttgtttg caagcagcag 13440 attacgcgca gaaaaaaagg atctcaagaa gatcctttga tcttttctac ggggtctgac 13500 gctcagtgga acgaaaactc acgttaaggg attttggtca tgagattatc aaaaaggatc 13560 ttcacctaga tccttttaaa ttaaaaatga agttttaaat caatctaaag tatatatgag 13620 taaacttggt ctgacagtta ccaatgctta atcagtgagg cacctatctc agcgatctgt 13680 ctatttcgtt catccatagt tgcctgactc cccgtcgtgt agataactac gatacgggag 13740 ggcttaccat ctggccccag tgctgcaatg ataccgcgag acccacgctc accggctcca 13800 gatttatcag caataaacca gccagccgga agggccgagc gcagaagtgg tcctgcaact 13860 ttatccgcct ccatccagtc tattaattgt tgccgggaag ctagagtaag tagttcgcca 13920 gttaatagtt tgcgcaacgt tgttgccatt gctacaggca tcgtggtgtc acgctcgtcg 13980 tttggtatgg cttcattcag ctccggttcc caacgatcaa ggcgagttac atgatccccc 14040 atgttgtgca aaaaagcggt tagctccttc ggtcctccga tcgttgtcag aagtaagttg 14100 gccgcagtgt tatcactcat ggttatggca gcactgcata attctcttac tgtcatgcca 14160 tccgtaagat gcttttctgt gactggtgag tactcaacca agtcattctg agaatagtgt 14220 atgcggcgac cgagttgctc ttgcccggcg tcaatacggg ataataccgc gccacatagc 14280 agaactttaa aagtgctcat cattggaaaa cgttcttcgg ggcgaaaact ctcaaggatc 14340 ttaccgctgt tgagatccag ttcgatgtaa cccactcgtg cacccaactg atcttcagca 14400 tcttttactt tcaccagcgt ttctgggtga gcaaaaacag gaaggcaaaa tgccgcaaaa 14460 aagggaataa gggcgacacg gaaatgttga atactcatac tcttcctttt tcaatattat 14520 tgaagcattt atcagggtta ttgtctcatg agcggataca tatttgaatg tatttagaaa 14580 aataaacaaa taggggttcc gcgcacattt ccccgaaaag tgc 14623 

We claim:
 1. A method for providing transformed cells having increased isoprenoid production as compared to non-transformed cells, comprising the steps of: providing an isolated polynucleotide comprising polynucleotide sequences encoding the enzymes of the complete mevalonate pathway; providing a plurality of target cells; introducing said isolated polynucleotide into said target cells; selecting target cells which have been transformed with said polynucleotide; and growing said transformed cells under conditions whereby additional generations of descendant transformed cells are produced, said transformed cells exhibiting increased isoprenoid production as compared to non-transformed cells of the same type.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said isolated polynucleotide further comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding IPP isomerase.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said target cells are microalgae.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said target cells are microalgae.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said transformed cells are transformed plant cells, and further comprising the step of regenerating said transformed cells into a transformed plant, wherein said transformed plant exhibits increased isoprenoid production as compared to a non-transformed plant of the same type.
 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said polynucleotide comprises the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 59. 